Loss of imagery phenomenology with intact visuo-spatial task performance: A case of 'blind imagination'

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-155

  Zeman, Adam Z J ^a   Della Sala, Sergio ^b   Torrens, Lorna A ^c   Gountouna, Viktoria Eleni ^b   McGonigle, David J ^d   Logie, Robert H ^b  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Face perception; Phenomenology; Visual imagery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 71549141629     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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