Concept information
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
Synonym(s)
- pure topographical disorientation
- topographical amnesia
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• 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
• Document 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
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: free
- • 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
Creator
- Frank Arnould
Disorder of
In other languages
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French
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amnésie topographique
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désorientation topographique pure
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-TXG25C5J-T
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