The anatomical basis of language

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1-19

  Foundas, Anne L ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Broca's area; Cerebral dominance; Hemispheric specialization; Laterality; Planum temporale asymmetry; Wernicke's area

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035596758     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-200121030-00003     Document Type: Article

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