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

Preferred term

topographical memory loss  

Definition

  • 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.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 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]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-TXG25C5J-T

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