A historical review of topographical disorientation and its neuroanatomical correlates

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 807-827

  Barrash, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORIENTATION; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROANATOMY; ORIENTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032460455     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.20.6.807.1114     Document Type: Review

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