The effects of varying attentional demands on the word retrieval skills of adults with aphasia, right hemisphere brain damage, or no brain damage

Brain and Language

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-72

  Murray, Laura L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PHONETICS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTICS; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0034067704     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1999.2281     Document Type: Article

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