Preserved knowledge of maps of countries: Implications for the organization of semantic memory

Neurocase

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-264

  della Rocchetta, Antonio Incisa ^a   Cipolotti, Lisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PROSOPAGNOSIA; SEMANTICS; TOPOGRAPHY; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; AGNOSIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MAPS; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 7244226308     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790490495186     Document Type: Article

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