Hemifield-specific visual recognition memory impairments in patients with unilateral temporal lobe removals

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1311-1315

  Hornak, J ^a   Oxbury, S ^b   Oxbury, J ^b   Iversen, S D ^a   Gaffan, D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hemifield specific memory; Temporal lobe removal; Visual neglect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0030875387     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00062-6     Document Type: Article

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