Pictures as a neurological tool: Lessons from enhanced and emergent artistry in brain disease

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1947-1963

  Schott, G D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

artistry; emergent; enduring; enhanced; tool

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTS AND ILLUSTRATION; AUTISM; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN REGION; COMPREHENSION; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; CREATIVITY; EPILEPSY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MIGRAINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAINTER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERFORMING ARTIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 84861562633     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr314     Document Type: Article

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