Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 650-657 , May 2010

Disgust and fear recognition in paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis

  • Reiner Sprengelmeyer

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK
    • Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews, South Street, St. Andrews, Scotland KY16 9JP, UK.
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  • Anthony P. Atkinson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Durham, England, UK
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  • Anke Sprengelmeyer

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK
    • ,
  • Johanna Mair-Walther

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Christian Jacobi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Brigitte Wildemann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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  • Winand H. Dittrich

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, England, UK
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  • Werner Hacke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Received 19 May 2008 ,Revised 25 February 2009 ,Accepted 14 April 2009.

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PII: S0010-9452(09)00147-6

doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.04.007

Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 650-657 , May 2010

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