Peculiar body representation alterations in hemineglect: a case report

Neurocase

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 697-706

  Di Vita, A ^a   Palermo, L ^a,b   Piccardi, L ^a,c   Guariglia, C ^a,d  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

anosognosia; body ownership; body representation; body schema; personal neglect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOSOGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BODY REPRESENTATION DEFICIT; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DYSARTHRIA; HEMINEGLECT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGLECT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOMATOPARAPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; BODY IMAGE; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPLICATION; DELUSIONS; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMIPLEGIA; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY;

BODY IMAGE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DELUSIONS; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; STROKE;

EID: 84940436260     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2014.974620     Document Type: Article

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