Rags to riches: Our increasing appreciation of cognitive and communicative abilities of the human right cerebral hemisphere

Brain and Language

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Van Lancker, Diana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0031105647     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1997.1850     Document Type: Article

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