Spatial representations, distortions and alterations in the graphic and artistic production of brain-damaged patients and of famous artists

Functional Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 243-256

  Berti, Anna ^a   Cappa, Stefano F ^b   Folegatti, Alessia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anosognosia; Body image; Body schema; Constructional apraxia; Dysmorphophobia; Unilateral neglect

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; APRAXIA; ART; BLINDNESS; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN DAMAGE; DRAWING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEGLECT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

APRAXIAS; ART; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 38949133358     PISSN: 03935264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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