Successful life outcome and management of real-world memory demands despite profound anterograde amnesia

Melissa C Duff; Tracey Wszalek; Daniel Tranel; Neal J Cohen

doi:10.1080/13803390801894681

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Successful life outcome and management of real-world memory demands despite profound anterograde amnesia

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Successful life outcome and management of real-world memory demands despite profound anterograde amnesia

Melissa C Duff, Tracey Wszalek, Daniel Tranel and Neal J Cohen

Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, Vol.30(8), pp.931-945

10/31/2008

DOI: 10.1080/13803390801894681

PMCID: PMC2837840

PMID: 18608659

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Abstract

We describe the case of Angie, a 50-year-old woman with profound amnesia (General Memory Index = 49, Full Scale IQ = 126) following a closed head injury in 1985. This case is unique in comparison to other cases reported in the literature in that, despite the severity of her amnesia, she has developed remarkable real-world life abilities, shows impressive self-awareness and insight into the impairment and sparing of various functional memory abilities, and exhibits ongoing maturation of her identity and sense of self following amnesia. The case provides insights into the interaction of different memory and cognitive systems in handling real-world memory demands and has implications for rehabilitation and for successful life outcome after amnesia.

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Title: Subtitle: Successful life outcome and management of real-world memory demands despite profound anterograde amnesia
Creators: Melissa C Duff - Department of Neurology, Division of Cognitive Neuroscience , University of Iowa College of Medicine
Tracey Wszalek - Biomedical Imaging Center, University of Illinois
Daniel Tranel - Department of Neurology, Division of Cognitive Neuroscience , University of Iowa College of Medicine
Neal J Cohen - Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, Vol.30(8), pp.931-945
DOI: 10.1080/13803390801894681
PMID: 18608659
PMCID: PMC2837840
NLM abbreviation: J Clin Exp Neuropsychol
ISSN: 1380-3395
eISSN: 1744-411X
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Language: English
Date published: 10/31/2008
Academic Unit: Neurology; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Record Identifier: 9984002403502771

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