Preserved semantic priming effect in alexia

Brain and Language

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 434-446

  Mimura, Masaru ^a   Goodglass, Harold ^b   Milberg, William ^b  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALEXIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MALE; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030248348     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1996.0084     Document Type: Article

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