Selective sparing of topographical memory
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Selective sparing of topographical memory.
The case of a 61 year old patient with Pick's disease involving predominantly the left temporal lobe, who has been studied over a 5 year period, is reported. She presented with a grave impairment of both verbal and non-verbal memory functions. Her non-verbal memory deficits included profound impairments on the recognition of unfamiliar faces and the recall of abstract designs. Remarkably, her v...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.65.6.903