Fundamental frequency encoding of linguistic and emotional prosody by right hemisphere-damaged speakers

Brain and Language

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-192

  Pell, Marc D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 0032841993     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1999.2065     Document Type: Article

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