Lesion analysis of the brain areas involved in language comprehension

Cognition

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 145-177

  Dronkers, Nina F ^a,b   Wilkins, David P ^a   Van Valin Jr , Robert D ^c   Redfern, Brenda B ^a   Jaeger, Jeri J ^c  

^a VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Brain areas; Language comprehension; Lesion analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 1442351115     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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