Predictive Inferencing in Adults with Right Hemisphere Brain Damage

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 639-654

  Lehman Blake, Margaret T ^a,b   Tompkins, Connie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Inferencing; Language; Right brain damage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035377489     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2001/052)     Document Type: Article

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