The lost ability to find the way: Topographical disorientation after a left brain lesion

Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 147-160

  Ruggiero, Gennaro ^a   Frassinetti, Francesca ^b,c   Iavarone, Alessandro ^d   Iachini, Tina ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

^d Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale D Cotugno   (Italy)

Author keywords

Categorical coordinate; Egocentric allocentric; Left posteromedial brain network; Object location memory; Topographical disorientation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISORIENTATION; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84891493466     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/neu0000009     Document Type: Article

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