Paying attention to conversation

Brain and Language

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 185-189

  Penn, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONVERSATION; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0034010109     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1999.2247     Document Type: Article

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