Calling a squirrel a squirrel but a canoe a wigwam: A category-specific deficit for artefactual objects and body parts

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 73-86

  Sacchett, Carol ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^b  

^a Queen Mary's Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000645236     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643299208252053     Document Type: Article

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