How Berlusconi keeps his face: A neuropsychological study in a case of semantic dementia

Cortex

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 332-335

  Mondini, Sara ^a,b   Semenza, Carlo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Neuro rehabilitation and Alzheimer's Disease Evaluation Unit   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Face recognition; Living non living dissociation; Semantic dementia; Visual agnosia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSOPAGNOSIA; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL MEMORY; ATROPHY; FACE; LEARNING; MENTAL FUNCTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROPAGANDA; RECOGNITION;

AGED; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATROPHY; DEMENTIA; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROPAGANDA; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 33746414862     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70359-9     Document Type: Article

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