Enhanced image generation abilities in deaf signers: A right hemisphere effect

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 28-44

  Emmorey, Karen ^a   Kosslyn, Stephen M ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030266466     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brcg.1996.0056     Document Type: Article

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