Memory function is vulnerable to a variety of pathologic processesincluding neurodegenerative diseases, strokes, tumors, headtrauma, hypoxia, cardiac surgery, malnutrition, attention-deficitdisorder, depression, anxiety, the side effects of medication,and normal aging.1,2 As such, memory impairment is commonlyseen by physicians in multiple disciplines including neurology,psychiatry, medicine, and surgery. Memory loss is often themost disabling feature of many disorders, impairing the normaldaily activities of the patients and profoundly affecting theirfamilies.
Some perceptions about memory, such as the concepts of "short-term"and "long-term," have given way to a more refined understandingand improved classification systems. These . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Episodic Memory
Semantic Memory
Procedural Memory
Working Memory
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From the Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, Mass., the Department of Neurology, Boston University, Boston, and the Department of Neurology, Division of Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston (A.E.B.); and Harvard Medical School, Boston, and McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass. (B.H.P.).
Address reprint requests to Dr. Budson at GRECC, Bldg. 62, Rm. B30, Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, 200 Springs Rd., Bedford, MA 01730, or at abudson@partners.org.
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