Direct attention training as a treatment for reading impairment in mild aphasia

Aphasiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3-5, 2005, Pages 275-283

  Coelho, Carl A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Hospital for Special Care New Britain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPREHENSION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; READING; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 19144363257     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030444000741     Document Type: Article

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