Activation and maintenance of peripheral semantic features of unambiguous words after right hemisphere brain damage in adults

Aphasiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-138

  Tompkins, Connie A ^a   Fassbinder, Wiltrud ^a   Scharp, Victoria L ^a   Meigh, Kimberly M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 38149010522     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030601040861     Document Type: Article

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