Compensating for Language Deficits in Amnesia I: H.M.’s Spared Retrieval Categories

Three studies examined amnesic H.M.’s use of words, phrases, and propositions on the Test of Language Competence (TLC). In Study 1, H.M. used 19 lexical categories (e.g., common nouns, verbs) and one syntactic category (noun phrases) with the same relative frequency as memory-normal controls, he use...

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Main Authors: Lori E. James, Laura W. Johnson, Vedad Fazel, Donald G. MacKay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-03-01
Series:Brain Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/3/1/262