Re-examining the gesture engram hypothesis. New perspectives on apraxia of tool use

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 299-312

  Osiurak, François ^a   Jarry, Christophe ^b,c   Le Gall, Didier ^b,c  

^a Lyon University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^c ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Action; Movement; Pantomime; Semantic memory; Technical reasoning

Indexed keywords

APRAXIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; GESTURE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 79551469637     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.12.041     Document Type: Article

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