Mental rotation of congenitally absent hands

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-89

  Funk, Marion ^a   Brugger, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amelia; Body scheme; Hand laterality task; Handedness; Mental rotation; Phantom sensation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INDIVIDUALITY; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; ORIENTATION; PHANTOM; PHOCOMELIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHANTOM LIMB; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; ROTATION;

EID: 37449034949     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617708080041     Document Type: Article

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