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disposition > cognitive disorder > memory disorder > amnesia > topographical memory loss

Preferred term

topographical memory loss  

Definition(s)

  • Selective disorder of spatial memory in which patients have difficulty orienting themselves in their environment and finding their way which results from lesions in the right parahippocampal gyrus.

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Synonym(s)

  • pure topographical disorientation
  • topographical amnesia

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Habib, M., & Sirigu, A. (1987). Pure topographical disorientation: A definition and anatomical basis. Cortex, 23(1), 73-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0010-9452(87)80020-5

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Whiteley, A. M., & Warrington, E. K. (1978). Selective impairment of topographical memory: a single case study. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, 41(6), 575-578. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.41.6.575

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: free]

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  • Frank Arnould

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