Theory of mind and the right cerebral hemisphere: Refining the scope of impairment

Laterality

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-225

  Griffin, Richard ^a   Friedman, Ori ^b   Ween, Jon ^c   Winner, Ellen ^d   Happé, Francesca ^e   Brownell, Hiram ^d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; READING; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WIT AND HUMOR;

EID: 33646413669     PISSN: 1357650X     EISSN: 14640678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13576500500450552     Document Type: Article

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