The misidentification syndromes as mindreading disorders

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 233-260

  Hirstein, William ^a  

^a ELMHURST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asomatognosia; Capgras' syndrome; Executive processes; Mindreading; Misidentification; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ANOSOGNOSIA; AWARENESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; CAPGRAS SYNDROME; COGNITION; CONFABULATION; COTARD SYNDROME; DELUSION; EGO; EMOTION; FREGOLI SYNDROME; HUMAN; IDENTITY; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MISIDENTIFICATION SYNDROME; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSOPAGNOSIA; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SENSATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; THINKING;

BRAIN; CAPGRAS SYNDROME; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; PHANTOM LIMB; PROSOPAGNOSIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 77649316919     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800903414891     Document Type: Review

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