Comprehension of wh-questions in two Broca's aphasics

Brain and Language

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 314-327

  Hickok, Gregory ^a   Avrutin, Sergey ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; CASE REPORT; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0029864691     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1996.0014     Document Type: Article

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