Relationships between constructional and visuospatial abilities in normal subjects and in focal brain-damaged patients

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1103-1112

  Trojano, Luigi ^a,b   Fragassi, Nina A ^c   Chiacchio, Laura ^c   Izzo, Orsola ^b   Izzo, Giuseppina ^b   Di Cesare, Gabriella ^d   Cristinzio, Chiara ^c   Grossi, Dario ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d Fisiomedica Loretana ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBJECT RELATION; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGING; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 9644275285     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390490515522     Document Type: Article

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