Cerebellar contribution to linguistic processing efficiency revealed by focal damage

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 491-501

  Schatz, Jeffrey ^a,b   Hale, Sandra ^a   Myerson, Joel ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Linguistic processing; Processing efficiency

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM INJURY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL;

EID: 0031689698     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617798455085     Document Type: Article

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