Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 9 , Pages 1178-1188 , October 2010

Right posterior cortical functions in a tumour patient series

  • Tim Shallice

      Affiliations

    • Cognitive Neuroscience Sector, SISSA-ISAS, Trieste, Italy
    • Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Cognitive Neuroscience Sector, SISSA-ISAS, Via Bonomea 256, 34136 Trieste, Italy.
    • ,
  • Alessandro Mussoni

      Affiliations

    • Cognitive Neuroscience Sector, SISSA-ISAS, Trieste, Italy
    • ,
  • Serena D’Agostino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroradiology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy
    • ,
  • Miran Skrap

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine, Italy

Received 22 September 2009 ,Revised 1 March 2010 ,Accepted 17 March 2010.

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