Double Dissociation

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This neuropsychology method differentiates two functions that may appear very similar.

If symptom A appears in patients with a LESION in area A, but does not appear in patients with a lesion in area B, and symptom B appears in patients with a lesion in area B, but not in patients with a lesion in area A, then symptoms A and B are independent, and should not be categorized together. A single lesion may cause many discrete symptoms if the neural structures underlying them are anatomically close.

See also: dissociation

JENNI A.OGDEN

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