Impaired imitation of meaningless gestures in ideomotor apraxia: A conceptual problem not a disorder of action control?. A single case investigation

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1621-1631

  Sunderland, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body schema; Motor control; Parietal lobe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; GESTURE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARIETAL LOBE;

ADULT; APRAXIA, IDEOMOTOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GESTURES; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33847704527     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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