Hemispheric differences in word-meaning processing: Alternative interpretations of current evidence

Aphasiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 110-122

  Fassbinder, Wiltrud ^a   Tompkins, Connie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONCEPT FORMATION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 33645877700     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030500472397     Document Type: Article

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