Lesion studies, spared performance, and cognitive systems

Cortex 39 (1):145-7 (2003)
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A short discussion piece arguing that the neuropsychological phenomenon of double dissociations is most revealing of underlying cognitive architecture because of the capacities that are spared, more than the capacities that are lost.

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