Action performance and action-word understanding: Evidence of double dissociations in left-damaged patients

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 428-461

  Papeo, Liuba ^a   Negri, Gioia A L ^a   Zadini, Antonietta ^b   Rumiati, Raffaella Ida ^a  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti   (Italy)

Author keywords

Action recognition; Aphasia; Embodied cognition; Noun verb dissociation; Word comprehension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHASIA; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRUM; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79958758240     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2011.570326     Document Type: Article

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