Testing comprehension abilities in users of British Sign Language following CVA

Brain and Language

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-248

  Atkinson, Jo ^a   Marshall, Jane ^a   Woll, Bencie ^a   Thacker, Alice ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL TEST; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SIGN LANGUAGE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SIGN LANGUAGE;

EID: 19344375853     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2004.12.008     Document Type: Article

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