The neuroanatomical correlates of route learning impairment

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 820-836

  Barrash, Joseph ^a   Damasio, Hanna ^a   Adolphs, Ralph ^a   Tranel, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medial temporal; Occipitotemporal; Topographical disorientation; Ventral stream; Visual memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY;

BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033983777     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(99)00131-1     Document Type: Article

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