Dichotic Listening in Children with Focal Epilepsy: Effects of Structural Brain Abnormality and Seizure Characteristics

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 83-94

  Korkman, Marit ^a,b   Granström, Marja Liisa ^a   Berg, Salla ^a,c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c NEKKU Ctr Neuropsychological I   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEIZURES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 1642503739     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.26.1.83.23937     Document Type: Article

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