Anosognosia and the two-factor theory of delusions

Mind and Language

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-236

  Davies, Martin ^a   Davies, Anne Aimola ^a   Coltheart, Max ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 17044437727     PISSN: 02681064     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0268-1064.2005.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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