Hemispheric contributions to lexical ambiguity resolution in a discourse context: Evidence from individuals with unilateral left and right hemisphere lesions

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-83

  Grindrod, Christopher M ^a   Baum, Shari R ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTICS; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 11144301109     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2004.08.023     Document Type: Article

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