The interpretation of semantic category-specific deficits: What do they reveal about the organization of conceptual knowledge in the brain?

Neurocase

Volumn 4, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 265-272

  Caramazza, Alfonso ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0031671925     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554799808410627     Document Type: Editorial

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