Preliminary evidence for a fronto-parietal dysfunction in able-bodied participants with a desire for limb amputation

Journal of Neuropsychology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-200

  Blanke, Olaf ^a,b   Morgenthaler, Florence D ^a   Brugger, Peter ^c   Overney, Leila S ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; AMPUTEES; BODY IMAGE; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PARIETAL LOBE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 70349613544     PISSN: 17486645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/174866408X318653     Document Type: Article

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