KC (patient)

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Neuropsychology
 
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Brain-computer interfacesTraumatic Brain Injury
Brain regionsClinical neuropsychology
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NeuroanatomyNeurophysiology
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Brain functions

arousalattention
consciousnessdecision making
executive functionslanguage
learningmemory
motor coordinationsensory perception
planningproblem solving
thought

People

Arthur L. BentonDavid Bohm
António DamásioPhineas Gage
Norman GeschwindElkhonon Goldberg
Donald O. HebbKenneth Heilman
Muriel D. LezakBenjamin Libet
Rodolfo LlinásAlexander Luria
Brenda MilnerKarl Pribram
Oliver SacksRoger SperryH.M.K.C.

Tests

Bender-Gestalt Test
Benton Visual Retention Test
Clinical Dementia Rating
Continuous Performance Task
Glasgow Coma Scale
Hayling and Brixton tests
Lexical decision task
Mini-mental state examination
Stroop effect
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
Wisconsin card sorting task

Tools

Johari Window

Mind and Brain Portal
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KC (Also known as Patient K.C.) is a famous patient in neuropsychology who suffers from anterograde amnesia and temporally graded retrograde amnesia as the result of a motorcycle crash. He has intact semantic memory but no episodic memory.

He was the patient of famous memory researcher Endel Tulving.

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