Pragmatic language interpretation after closed head injury: Relationship to executive functioning

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 243-260

  Channon, Shelley ^a   Watts, Mike ^b  

^a Subdept of Clin Hlth Psychol   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKILL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0142209285     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135468000344000002     Document Type: Article

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