Overestimation of numerical distances in the left side of space

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2139-2141

  Oliveri, M ^a,b   Rausei, V ^b   Koch, G ^a   Torriero, S ^a   Turriziani, P ^a,b   Caltagirone, C ^a,c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 10444275313     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000145975.58478.6D     Document Type: Article

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