Cortex
Volume 44, Issue 8 , Pages 1030-1036 , September 2008

Left hand tactile agnosia after posterior callosal lesion

  • Maddalena Balsamo

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
    • ,
  • Luigi Trojano

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, Second University of Naples, Via Vivaldi 43, 81100 Caserta, Italy.
    • ,
  • Arcangelo Giamundo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
    • ,
  • Dario Grossi

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Received 24 October 2007 ,Revised 7 January 2008 ,Accepted 15 January 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2008.01.003

Cortex
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