The role of the right hemisphere in the apprehension of complex linguistic materials

Brain and Language

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1981, Pages 15-33

  Wapner, Wendy ^a,b   Hamby, Suzanne ^a,b   Gardner, Howard ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Harvard Project Zero   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; APHASIA; BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

AGED; APHASIA; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 0019845992     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0093-934X(81)90061-4     Document Type: Article

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