The role played by the right hemisphere in the organization of complex textual structures

Brain and Language

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-54

  Marini, Andrea ^a,b   Carlomagno, Sergio ^c   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,b   Nocentini, Ugo ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discourse processing; Left hemisphere damage; Right hemisphere damage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ART; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LANGUAGE; MEASUREMENT; MEMORY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; READING; ROLE PLAYING; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 14844302691     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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