Visual hypo and hypergnosia as exemplars of poles of psychic tonus in the occipital lobes: Multiple case analyses

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 153-168

  Braun, Claude M J ^a   Guimond, Anik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hallucination; Hemispheric specialization; Hypognosia; Psychic tonus; Visual representation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ONSET AGE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 58149250166     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/139436     Document Type: Article

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