Semantic category dissociations: A longitudinal study of two cases

Cortex

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 441-461

  Laiacona, Marcella ^a,b   Capitani, Erminio ^c   Barbarotto, Riccardo ^c,d  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Ist Riabilit per Disabili Psichici   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030729129     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70229-6     Document Type: Article

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