Journal article
The role of premorbid expertise on object identification in a patient with category-specific visual agnosia
Abstract
The role of premorbid expertise in object identification was investigated in the category-specific visual agnosia patient ELM. For several years prior to his stroke ELM played bugle in a military band. We surmised that band membership would lead to preferential exposure to, and expertise for, brass instruments relative to other musical-instrument families. To test this hypothesis we assessed ELM's musical instrument identification capability …
Authors
Dixon MJ; Desmarais G; Gojmerac C; Schweizer TA; Bub DN
Journal
Cognitive Neuropsychology, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 401–419
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
7 2002
DOI
10.1080/02643290244000004
ISSN
0264-3294