Left and right hemispheric contributions to discourse coherence and cohesion

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 125-140

  Bloom, Ronald L ^a   Borod, Joan C ^b   Santschi Haywood, C ^b   Pick, Lawrence H ^b   Obler, Loraine K ^c  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; coherence; cohesion; discourse; right brain damage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030294947     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459608999818     Document Type: Article

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