A domain-specific system for representing knowledge of both man-made objects and human actions. Evidence from a case with an association of deficits

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2321-2341

  Vannuscorps, Gilles ^a   Pillon, Agnesa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Actions; Category specific deficit; Conceptual knowledge; Man made objects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL IMPAIRMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF HIGHER CEREBRAL FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THOUGHT DISORDER; VISUAL MEMORY;

BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONCEPT FORMATION; GOALS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; TOOL USE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79960196934     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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