Wayfinding in familiar and unfamiliar environments in a case of progressive topographical agnosia

Neurocase

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 297-309

  Rainville, Constant ^a,b   Joubert, Sven ^a,c   Felician, Olivier ^c,d   Chabanne, Vanessa ^d   Ceccaldi, Mathieu ^c,d   Péruch, Patrick ^d  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Readaptation du Montreal Metropolitain   (Canada)

^c Service de Neurologie et de Neuropsychologie   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBICULUM; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOPOGRAPHY; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; AGNOSIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 27944484528     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790591006069     Document Type: Article

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