The Japanese language and brain localization

Neurological Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 212-216

  Cremaschi, Fabián ^a   Dujovny, Eial ^a   Dujovny, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b M/C 799 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Japanese; Kana; Kanji

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; NEUROSCIENCE; REVIEW; WRITING;

EID: 0029787336     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.1996.11740406     Document Type: Review

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