Evidence for cognition without grammar from causal reasoning and 'theory of mind' in an agrammatic aphasic patient

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 723-726

  Varley, Rosemary ^a   Siegal, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034659263     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00538-8     Document Type: Article

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