Cognitive and Anatomical Locus of Lesion in a Patient with a Category-specific Semantic Impairment for Living Beings

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 357-390

  Gainotti, Guido ^a   Silveri, Maria Caterina ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

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EID: 0000884417     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026432996381944     Document Type: Article

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