Abstract
This paper describes a new technique for assessing "autobiographical" and "personal semantic" memory in amnesic patients and healthy controls. It provides evidence of the reliability and validity of the procedure, and reports an age-related temporal gradient in amnesic patients. The results are considered in terms of the severity, the rate of onset, and the duration of the amnesia; and a preliminary analysis is given of the findings in different diagnostic groups. The findings indicate that autobiographical and personal semantic memory show a consistent pattern of impairment, when a comparison is made which controls for the age of the memories and the subject's own past experience.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 724-44 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1989 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Aged
- Amnesia
- Autobiography as Topic
- Humans
- Memory
- Mental Recall
- Middle Aged
- Psychometrics