The conversational value of laughter for a person with aphasia

Aphasiology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1199-1212

  Madden, M L ^a   Oelschlaeger, Mary L ^a   Damico, J S ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH DISORDER; THEORETICAL STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING; WELLBEING;

EID: 18744396355     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030244000437     Document Type: Article

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