The use of contextual information related to general world knowledge by right brain-damaged individuals in pronoun resolution

Brain and Language

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 343-359

  Leonard, Carol L ^a   Waters, Gloria S ^a   Caplan, David ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCREENING TEST;

EID: 0031149184     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1997.1744     Document Type: Article

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