Effects of Aging and Gender on Interhemispheric Function

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 246-263

  Bellis, Teri James ^a   Wilber, Laura Ann ^b  

^a W O Farber Center for Civic Leadership   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory processing; Corpus callosum; Dichotic listening; Interhemispheric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; TIME; VISION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH RECEPTION THRESHOLD TEST; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0035316860     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2001/021)     Document Type: Article

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