Theory of mind and pragmatic understanding following right hemisphere damage

Brain and Language

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 40-50

  Siegal, Michael ^a   Carrington, Janet ^a   Radel, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029863807     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1996.0035     Document Type: Article

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