A selective deficit in the appreciation and recognition of brightness: Brightness agnosia?

Cortex

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 816-824

  Nijboer, Tanja C W ^a,b   Nys, Gudrun M S ^c   van der Smagt, Maarten J ^a   de Haan, Edward H F ^a,b,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Laboratory for Neuropsychology   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brightness agnosia; Luminance discrimination; Luminance verification

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRIGHTNESS; BRIGHTNESS AGNOSIA; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COLOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; LUMINANCE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTICS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

AGED; AGNOSIA; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 67349273627     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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