Hemispheric contribution to categorical and coordinate representational processes: A study on brain-damaged patients

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2802-2807

  Palermo, Liana ^a   Bureca, Ivana ^b   Matano, Alessandro ^b   Guariglia, Cecilia ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain damaged patients; Categorical relations; Coordinate relations; Hemispheric specialization; Mental imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 47349130522     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.05.020     Document Type: Article

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