JBR: A reassessment of concept familiarity and a category-specific disorder for living things

Neurocase

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 461-474

  Funnell, Elaine ^a   De Mornay Davies, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030470392     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neucas/2.6.461     Document Type: Article

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