Action naming with impaired semantics: Neuropsychological evidence contrasting naming and reading for objects and verbs

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 753-767

  Yoon, Eun Young ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^a   Riddoch, M Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTICS; VISION; WRITING;

EID: 25444480277     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290442000301     Document Type: Article

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