Category-specific recognition impairments: A review of important case studies and influential theories

Aphasiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 169-193

  Forde, Emer M E ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; BRAIN INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY; RECOGNITION; REVIEW;

EID: 0032982054     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026870399402172     Document Type: Review

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