Relational and conjunctive binding functions dissociate in short-term memory

Neurocase

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 56-66

  Parra, Mario A ^a,b   Fabi, Katia ^c   Luzzi, Simona ^c   Cubelli, Roberto ^d   Hernandez Valdez, Maria ^a   Della Sala, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

amnesia; conjunctive binding; hippocampus; relational binding; short term memory binding

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

AGED; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84921019528     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2013.860177     Document Type: Article

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