A case of acalculia due to impaired procedural knowledge

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-170

  Rosca, Elena Cecilia ^a  

^a VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Acalculia; Arithmetic facts; Conceptual knowledge; Number processing; Procedural knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACALCULIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYSGRAPHIA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

EID: 63749121934     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0029-7     Document Type: Article

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