Visual form agnosia: Neural mechanisms and anatomical foundations

Neurocase

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-12

  Heider, Barbara ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AGNOSIA; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; GESTALT THERAPY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0034083347     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790008402753     Document Type: Review

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