Psychic tonus, body schema and the parietal lobes: A multiple lesion case analysis

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 65-80

  Braun, C M J ^a   Desjardins, S ^a   Gaudelet, S ^a   Guimond, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body schema; Hemispheric specialization; Hypergnosia; Hypognosia; Parietal lesions; Psychic tonus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LIBIDO; MALE; MEMORY; PARIETAL LOBE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIC TONUS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VISION;

EID: 34249894421     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2007/571814     Document Type: Article

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