Topic use following right hemisphere brain damage during three semi-structured conversational discourse samples

Aphasiology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 881-904

  Brady, Marian ^a   Mackenzie, Catherine ^b   Armstrong, Linda ^c,d  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d PERTH ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STROKE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0142094705     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030344000292     Document Type: Article

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