Inference comprehension of adolescents with traumatic brain injury: A working memory hypothesis

Brain Injury

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 743-751

  Moran, Catherine ^a   Gillon, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Language comprehension; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 22244466098     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050500110199     Document Type: Article

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