Identity unknown [electronic resource] : how acute brain disease can destroy knowledge of oneself and others / Barbara A. Wilson, Claire Robertson and Joe Mole.

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Wilson, Barbara A, 1941-

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TextLanguage: English Series: After brain injuryPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Psychology Press, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (xx, 168 p.) : illISBN:

9781315762715 (ebook : PDF)

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1. Encephalitis -- 2. An introduction to visual perceptual disorders and to the agnosias -- 3. Theoretical accounts of person recognition -- 4. The self and identity -- 5. Life before the illness : Claire's account -- 6. Calling my husband Stephanie -- 7. Kissing a cauliflower -- 8. Together we can -- 9. The red group : learning to belong to my own life -- 10. A face is not a person -- 11. Strategies that have helped -- 12. Can you believe your eyes? Sight difficulties following encephalitis -- 13. "Metallic not sour" and pieces of the jigsaw -- 14. Paddling through the river and stepping on stones : an overall summary of my life since encephalitis -- 15. Final last thoughts.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	National Library of India			Available		EBK000014877ENG

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