Visuospatial Functioning Before and After Commissurotomy: Disconnection in Hierarchical Processing

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 462-465

  Delis, Dean C ^a   Kramer, Joel H ^b,d   Kiefner, Mark G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Martinez Veterans Administration Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN COMMISSUROTOMY; CASE REPORT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; HUMAN; LATERALITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0023886598     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1988.00520280116028     Document Type: Article

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