Delusional Misidentification Incident in a Right Hemisphere Stroke Patient

We report a delusional misidentification incident lasting some hours in which a man who had suffered a right hemisphere stroke, HW, mistook a student for his daughter. Investigation of HW's face processing abilities showed unimpaired ability to recognize familiar faces and match facial expressi...

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Main Authors: Andrew W. Young, Brenda M. Flude, Andrew W. Ellis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1991-01-01
Series:Behavioural Neurology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-1991-4204