A different story on "Theory of Mind" deficit in adults with right hemisphere brain damage

Aphasiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-61

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THEORY-PRACTICE RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 41149154857     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030600830999     Document Type: Article

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