The ability to perceive and comprehend intonation in linguistic and affective contexts by brain-damaged adults

Brain and Language

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 80-99

  Pell, Marc D ^a   Baum, Shari R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0031105525     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1997.1638     Document Type: Article

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