Why do some aphasics show an advantage on some tests of nonpropositional (automatic) speech?

Brain and Language

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-118

  Lum, Carmel ^a   Ellis, Andrew W ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH;

EID: 0033569342     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1999.2147     Document Type: Article

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