Unawareness of motor impairment and emotions in right hemispheric stroke: A preliminary investigation

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1241-1246

  Spalletta, Gianfranco ^a   Serra, Laura ^a   Fadda, Lucia ^a   Ripa, Alessandra ^a   Bria, Pietro ^b   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Anosognosia; Cognition; Neglect; Stroke; Unawareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXITHYMIA; ANOSOGNOSIA; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AWARENESS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; STROKE;

EID: 37349030404     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1822     Document Type: Article

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