"Illusions of normality": A methodological critique of category-specific naming

Cortex

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 842-851

  Laws, Keith R ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Category specific; Dissociation; Double dissociation; Modularity; Review

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; CHI SQUARE TEST; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

EID: 21844458605     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70303-4     Document Type: Article

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