Psychogenic amnesia and self-identity: a multimodal functional investigation

Arzy, Shahar; Collette, S; Wissmeyer, Michael; Lazeyras, François; Kaplan, P W; Blanke, Olaf

doi:10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03423.x

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Psychogenic amnesia and self-identity: a multimodal functional investigation

ContributorsArzy, Shahar; Collette, S; Wissmeyer, Michael; Lazeyras, François; Kaplan, P W; Blanke, Olaf

Published inEuropean Journal of Neurology, vol. 18, no. 12, p. 1422-1425

Publication date2011

Abstract

Patients with psychogenic amnesia generally suffer from episodic memory deficits associated with an impairment of self-identity. While the first is generally attributed to limbic dysfunction, the latter might be related to posterior parietal cortex.

Keywords

Adult
Amnesia, Retrograde/etiology/pathology/psychology/radionuclide imaging
Child
Child Abuse, Sexual
Electroencephalography
Emigrants and Immigrants/psychology
Female
Humans
Identity Crisis
Limbic System/pathology/physiopathology/radionuclide imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Memory, Episodic
Neuropsychological Tests
Parietal Lobe/pathology/physiopathology/radionuclide imaging
Positron-Emission Tomography
Self Concept
Single-Blind Method
Stress, Psychological/complications

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Groupe Lazeyras Francois (IRM fonctionnelle et métabolique) (539)

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ARZY, Shahar et al. Psychogenic amnesia and self-identity: a multimodal functional investigation. In: European Journal of Neurology, 2011, vol. 18, n° 12, p. 1422–1425. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03423.x

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PID : unige:43046
DOI : 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03423.x
PMID : 21554495

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Psychogenic amnesia and self-identity: a multimodal functional investigation

Patients with psychogenic amnesia generally suffer from episodic memory deficits associated with an impairment of self-identity. While the first is generally attributed to limbic dysfunction, the latter might be related to posterior parietal cortex.

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