FOCAL RETROGRADE-AMNESIA FOLLOWING CLOSED-HEAD INJURY - A CASE-STUDY AND THEORETICAL ACCOUNT

Authors
HUNKIN NM PARKIN AJ BRADLEY VA BURROWS EH ALDRICH FK JANSARI A BURDONCOOPER C
Citation
Nm. Hunkin et al., FOCAL RETROGRADE-AMNESIA FOLLOWING CLOSED-HEAD INJURY - A CASE-STUDY AND THEORETICAL ACCOUNT, Neuropsychologia, 33(4), 1995, pp. 509-523
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental",Neurosciences,Psychology
Journal title
Neuropsychologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283932
Volume
33
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
509 - 523
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3932(1995)33:4<509:FRFCI->2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
In this paper we present data from a closed head injury patient who pr esents a striking example of what Kapur (Cortex 29, 217-234, 1993) has termed ''focal retrograde amnesia''. The patient, D.H., is unable to recollect any autobiographical incidents from the pre-morbid period, a lthough he is able to provide personal and public information from thi s period. The data are discussed in relation to other reported instanc es of focal retrograde amnesia and a preliminary theoretical account i s offered.