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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822413603321

Autore

Papanicolaou Andrew C

Titolo

The amnesias : a clinical textbook of memory disorders / / Andrew C. Papanicolaou ; with Rebecca Billingsley-Marshall ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-029152-4

0-19-770557-X

1-280-53458-3

0-19-803852-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

Billingsley-MarshallRebecca

Disciplina

616.85/232

Soggetti

Memory disorders

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-314) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Phenomena and constructs / Andrew C. Papanicolaou -- Putative brain mechanisms of the various memory function / Pramod K. Dash ... [et al.] -- Age-related memory decline / Alexandra Economou, Panagiotis G. Simos, and Andrew C. Papanicolaou -- Amnesia associated with the dementias / Alexandra Economou, Sokratis G. Papageorgiou, and Andrew C. Papanicolaou -- Semantic amnesia / Andrew C. Papanicolaou ... [et al.] -- Limbic amnesia / Rebecca Billingsley-Marshall, Panagiotis G. Simos, and Andrew C. Papanicolaou -- Traumatic amnesia / Mary H. Kosmidis ... [et al.] -- Transient global amnesia / Panagiotis G. Simos and Andrew C. Papanicolaou -- Transient epileptic amnesia / Mary H. Kosmidis and Andrew.C. Papanicolaou -- Electroconvulsive therapy-induced amnesia / Mary H. Kosmidis and Andrew.C. Papanicolaou -- Psychogenic amnesias / Ioanna Savvidou, Vasilis P. Bozikas, and Andrew C. Papanicolaou -- Notes for a theory of memory / Andrew C. Papanicolaou.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a clinical text on the disorders of memory that result from psychological stress, traumatic injury, strokes, or degenerative diseases of the brain. Each amnesia syndrome is dealt with in a separate chapter that includes a clear account of the symptoms and the tests used to



assess them.