Semantic capacities of the right hemisphere as seen in two cases of pure word blindness

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 399-422

  Goodglass, Harold ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALEXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

AGED; ALEXIA, PURE; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0034230887     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005155228509     Document Type: Article

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