Topographic amnesia: Spatial memory disorder, perceptual dysfunction, or category specific semantic memory impairment?

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 318-325

  McCarthy, Rosaleen A ^a   Evans, Jonathan J ^b   Hodges, John R ^c,d  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Category specific supramodal semantic memory impairment; Perceptual dysfunction; Spatial memory disorder; Topographic amnesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0029998773     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.60.3.318     Document Type: Article

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