The influence of anatomical locus of lesion and of gender-related familiarity factors in category-specific semantic disorders for animals, fruits and vegetables: A review of single-case studies

Cortex

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1072-1087

  Gainotti, Guido ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Animals; Anterior temporal lobe; Category specificity; Fruits and vegetables; Fusiform gyrus; Gender; Perirhinal cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRUIT; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; REVIEW; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ANIMALS; APHASIA; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 77956493742     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2010.04.002     Document Type: Review

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