Loss of imagery phenomenology with intact visuo-spatial task performance: A case of ‘blind imagination’

@article{Zeman2010LossOI,
  title={Loss of imagery phenomenology with intact visuo-spatial task performance: A case of ‘blind imagination’},
  author={Adam Zeman and Sergio Della Sala and Lorna Torrens and Viktoria-Eleni Gountouna and D. McGonigle and Robert H. Logie},
  journal={Neuropsychologia},
  year={2010},
  volume={48},
  pages={145-155}
}
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