title: Amnesia and second language learning.
abstract: The ability of an anterograde amnesic C.S. to learn a second language is assessed. First, her claim that she learned Italian while amnesic was examined in a series of formal tests of Italian. Second, C.S. and her husband were tutored in French and her acquisition was compared to that of her husband's. Third, C.S.'s ability to learn other kinds of verbal material with practice was investigated. The implications of C.S.'s apparent ability to learn a second language in the presence of a severe deficit for memory for other kinds of verbal material is discussed.
authors.affiliation: New School for Social Research, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hirst
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Phelps
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Volpe
mesh_terms: D000647:Amnesia / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007858:Learning; D008037:Linguistics; D008875:Middle Aged; D014705:Verbal Behavior; D014825:Vocabulary