Personal semantic memory: Insights from neuropsychological research on amnesia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-64

  Grilli, Matthew D ^a   Verfaellie, Mieke ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Autobiographical memory; Personal semantic memory; Self

Indexed keywords

ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; EPISODIC MEMORY; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; NEOCORTEX; PERSONAL SEMANTIC MEMORY; PERSONALITY; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE; THINKING; AMNESIA; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS;

AMNESIA; HUMANS; MEMORY; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84903394530     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2014.06.012     Document Type: Review

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