Does cognition in the disconnected right hemisphere require right hemisphere possession of language?

Brain and Language

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 12-21

  Bogen, Joseph E ^a  

^a Box 50566 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; HEMISPHERECTOMY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0031105039     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1997.1831     Document Type: Article

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