Egocentric disorientation following bilateral parietal lobe damage

Cortex

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 547-554

  Wilson, Barbara A ^a   Berry, Emma ^b   Gracey, Fergus ^c   Harrison, Claire ^b   Stow, Isabel ^b   Macniven, Jamie ^d   Weatherley, Julia ^e   Young, Andrew W ^f  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c The Princess of Wales Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain damage; Spatial disorientation; Topographical disorientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORIENTATION; EGOCENTRIC DISORIENTATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TAXONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOPOGRAPHY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 21644478932     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70194-1     Document Type: Article

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