Connectionist modeling of the recovery of language functions following brain damage

Brain and Language

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-24

  Harley, Trevor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DYSLEXIA; LEARNING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 0030040613     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1996.0003     Document Type: Article

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