A specific deficit for numbers in a case of dense acalculia

Brain

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 2619-2637

  Cipolotti, Lisa ^a,b   Butterworth, Brian ^a   Denes, Gianfranco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; AGRAPHIA; ALEXIA; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GERSTMANN SYNDROME; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDERS; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026349005     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/114.6.2619     Document Type: Article

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