Dissociation between the mental rotation of visual images and motor images in unilateral brain-damaged patients

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 368-371

  Tomasino, Barbara ^a   Toraldo, Alessio ^a   Rumiati, Raffaella I ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0037394283     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(02)00570-5     Document Type: Article

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