Coarse coding and discourse comprehension in adults with right hemisphere brain damage

Aphasiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 204-223

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEMANTICS; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 38149089558     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030601125019     Document Type: Article

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