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... > disposition > cognitive disorder > memory disorder > amnesia > amnestic syndrome > developmental amnesia

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developmental amnesia  

Definition(s)

  • Amnesic syndrome occurring in children. Episodic memory is impaired while semantic memory is relatively preserved. Atrophy of the hippocampus is commonly seen in these patients, often secondary to brain hypoxia.

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  • • Baddeley, A., Vargha-Khadem, F., & Mishkin, M. (2001). Preserved recognition in a case of developmental amnesia: implications for the acquisition of semantic memory? Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 13(3), 357–369. https://doi.org/10.1162/08989290151137403

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Isaacs, E. B., Vargha-Khadem, F., Watkins, K. E., Lucas, A., Mishkin, M., & Gadian, D. G. (2003). Developmental amnesia and its relationship to degree of hippocampal atrophy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 100(22), 13060–13063. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1233825100

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Picard, L. (2017). Vingt ans d’amnésie développementale : quoi de neuf ? Revue de neuropsychologie, 9(4), 229–235. https://doi.org/10.1684/nrp.2017.0435

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Piolino, P., Bulteau, C., & Jambaqué, I. (2020). Memory dysfunctions. In A. Gallagher, C. Bulteau, D. Cohen, & J. L. Michaud (Eds.), Handbook of Clinical Neurology (Vol. 174, p. 93‑110). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-64148-9.00008-9

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Vargha-Khadem, F., & Cacucci, F. (2021). A brief history of developmental amnesia. Neuropsychologia, 150, 107689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107689

    [Study type: historical study / Access: closed]
  • • Vargha-Khadem, F., Gadian, D. G., Watkins, K. E., Connelly, A., Paesschen, W. V., & Mishkin, M. (1997). Differential effects of early hippocampal pathology on episodic and semantic memory. Science, 277(5324), 376–380. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.277.5324.376

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Vargha-Khadem, F., Salmond, C. H., Watkins, K. E., Friston, K. J., Gadian, D. G., & Mishkin, M. (2003). Developmental amnesia: Effect of age at injury. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 100(17), 10055–10060. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1233756100

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]

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  • Frank Arnould

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