Hemispheric specialization for sign language

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 737-740

  Grossi, Giordana ^a   Semenza, Carlo ^b   Corazza, Serena ^c   Volterra, Virginia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hemispheric specialization; Phonological matching task; Sign language

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMISPHERE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; SIGN LANGUAGE; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 0030012811     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(96)00008-5     Document Type: Article

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