A neural basis for the retrieval of conceptual knowledge

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1319-1327

  Tranel, Daniel ^a   Damasio, Hanna ^a   Damasio, Antonio R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agnosia; Categories; Naming; Recognition; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELENCEPHALON; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL MEMORY;

AGNOSIA; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CONCEPT FORMATION; FACE; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NAMES; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030660466     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00085-7     Document Type: Article

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