Towards theory-driven therapies for aphasic verb impairments: A review of current theory and practice

Aphasiology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1159-1185

  Conroy, Paul ^a   Sage, Karen ^a   Lambon Ralph, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANOMIA; APHASIA; APHASIC VERB IMPAIRMENT; ATAXIC APHASIA; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONDUCTION APHASIA; CORTICAL SENSORY APHASIA; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LIFE EVENT; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH THERAPY; THEORETICAL STUDY; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP; VERB THERAPY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 33749178890     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030600792009     Document Type: Review

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