Knowing where but not what: Impaired thematic roles and spatial language

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 853-873

  Miozzo, Michele ^a,b   Fischer Baum, Simon ^b   Postman, Jeffrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Semantic impairment; Semantics; Spatial language; Thematic roles

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; CONFUSION; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STROKE;

EID: 51849089064     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290802365151     Document Type: Article

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