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Prominent and persistent loss of past awareness in amnesia: Delusion, impaired consciousness or copi...

Prominent and persistent loss of past awareness in amnesia: Delusion, impaired consciousness or copi...

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Prominent and persistent loss of past awareness in amnesia: Delusion, impaired consciousness or coping strategy?

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Prominent and persistent loss of past awareness in amnesia: Delusion, impaired consciousness or coping strategy?

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England: Psychology Press

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Neuropsychological rehabilitation, 2008-12, Vol.18 (5-6), p.527-540

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English

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England: Psychology Press

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Profound loss of awareness for the past in amnesia has implications for our understanding of memory and belief systems, and how they may become disrupted in neurological conditions. We report the case of CW, a professional musician who became severely amnesic in 1985 following herpes simplex viral encephalitis (HSVE) at the age of 46 years. For man...

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Prominent and persistent loss of past awareness in amnesia: Delusion, impaired consciousness or coping strategy?

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TN_cdi_informaworld_taylorfrancis_310_1080_09602010802141889

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_informaworld_taylorfrancis_310_1080_09602010802141889

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0960-2011

E-ISSN

1464-0694

DOI

10.1080/09602010802141889

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