Anosognosia for hemiplegia: A confabulatory state

Confabulation: Views from Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Psychology and Philosophy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Heilman, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anosognosia; Confabulation; Confabulatory behaviour; Denial; Hemispheric dysfunction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921258291     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199208913.003.09     Document Type: Chapter

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