Pragmatic communication skills in patients with Parkinson's disease

Brain and Language

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 414-423

  McNamara, Patrick ^a,b   Durso, Raymon ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Frontal lobes; Parkinson's disease; Pragmatics; Unawareness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SELF CONCEPT; SKILL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0037343503     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0093-934X(02)00558-8     Document Type: Article

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