Comprehension of indirect requests by persons with fluent aphasia

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 245-256

  Levey, Sandra ^a   Goldfarb, Robert ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CORTICAL SENSORY APHASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA, WERNICKE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0041343064     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.96.1.245     Document Type: Article

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