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Living, non-living and other things. What can be learned nowadays from category-specific deficits?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2006

CARLO SEMENZA
CARLO SEMENZA
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Department of Psychology, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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Warrington and Shallice's (1984) report on patient J.B.R. [4] was the first and most influential study about the living/nonliving semantic dissociation.

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NEUROBEHAVIORAL GRAND ROUNDS—INTRODUCTION
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , March 2006 , pp. 272 - 274
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© 2006 The International Neuropsychological Society

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