The neuropsychology of delusions

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1191, Issue , 2010, Pages 16-26

  Coltheart, Max ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Belief; Cognitive neuropsychiatry; Delusion; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

EID: 77950235681     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05496.x     Document Type: Review

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