Apraxia, pantomime and the parietal cortex

Apraxia, a disorder of higher motor cognition, is a frequent and outcome-relevant sequel of left hemispheric stroke. Deficient pantomiming of object use constitutes a key symptom of apraxia and is assessed when testing for apraxia. To date the neural basis of pantomime remains controversial. We here...

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Main Authors: E. Niessen, G.R. Fink, P.H. Weiss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:NeuroImage: Clinical
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213158214000734