Mirror writing resulting from an egocentric representation disorder: A case report

Neurocase

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 447-460

  Canzano, L ^a,b   Piccardi, L ^b,c   Bureca, I ^b   Guariglia, C ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body topological map; Egocentric disorientation; Frame of reference; Left right confusion; Mirror writing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANOSOGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CASE REPORT; CLAUSTRUM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISORIENTATION; DYSGRAPHIA; DYSPHORIA; EGOCENTRIC REPRESENTATION DISORDER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HAND; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MIRROR WRITING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; READING; RECORDING; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SLURRED SPEECH; SPATIAL MEMORY; STROKE; THALAMUS; TREMOR; WRITING;

AGED; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; STROKE;

EID: 80053507729     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2010.532143     Document Type: Article

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