Inference in right hemisphere damaged individuals' comprehension: The role of sustained attention

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 637-655

  Saldert, Charlotta ^a   Ahlsén, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognition; Inference; Pragmatics; Right hemisphere brain damage; Subtle language disorder; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NARRATIVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPREHENSION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; REACTION TIME; THINKING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 34547590259     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200701431056     Document Type: Article

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