The neural organization of language: Evidence from sign language aphasia

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 129-136

  Hickok, Gregory ^a,c   Bellugi, Ursula ^b   Klima, Edward S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; NEUROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGN LANGUAGE;

EID: 0031878084     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(98)01154-1     Document Type: Review

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