The representation of discourse in the two hemispheres: An individual differences investigation

Brain and Language

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-294

  Prat, Chantel S ^a   Long, Debra L ^a   Baynes, Kathleen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse processes; Discourse representation; Individual differences; Language; Laterality; Memory; Reading skill; Right hemisphere

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

BRAIN; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; READING; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33947116360     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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