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Impact of Memory Disorder on Everyday Life: Awareness of Deficits and Return to Work

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The Neuropsychology of Everyday Life: Assessment and Basic Competencies

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It is well known that memory impairments are among the most common consequences of various kinds of brain injury and disease, including Korsakoff s syndrome, closed head injury, ruptured aneurysm, encephalitis, anoxia, Alzheimer’s disease, and temporal lobe lesions (for reviews, see Hirst, 1982; Moscovitch, 1982; Rozin, 1976; Schacter & Crovitz, 1977; Squire & Cohen, 1984; Weiskrantz, 1985). In view of the frequent occurrence of memory disorders in neuropsychological syndromes, it is clearly important to understand their impact on the day-to-day lives of afflicted patients; such understanding likely constitutes a necessary condition for formulating effective and ecologically valid management and treatment strategies.

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    David E. Tupper (Director of Clinical Services, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Director of Clinical Services, Clinical Assistant Professor)

  2. Department of Psychiatry, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA

    David E. Tupper (Director of Clinical Services, Clinical Assistant Professor) (Director of Clinical Services, Clinical Assistant Professor)

  3. The Center for Head Injuries, Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Edison, New Jersey, USA

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Schacter, D.L., Glisky, E.L., McGlynn, S.M. (1990). Impact of Memory Disorder on Everyday Life: Awareness of Deficits and Return to Work. In: Tupper, D.E., Cicerone, K.D. (eds) The Neuropsychology of Everyday Life: Assessment and Basic Competencies. Foundations of Neuropsychology, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1503-2_10

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