Patterns of comprehension performance in agrammatic Broca's aphasia: A test of the Trace Deletion Hypothesis

Brain and Language

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-53

  Caramazza, Alfonso ^a   Capasso, Rita ^b   Capitani, Erminio ^c   Miceli, Gabriele ^b,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c Clinica Malattie Infettive e Tropicali   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agrammatism; Broca's aphasia; Comprehension deficit; Left inferior prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATAXIC APHASIA; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PREDICTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA, BROCA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 19344361983     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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