Models of attention and dual-task performance as explanatory constructs in aphasia

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 169-187

  Hula, William D ^a,b   McNeil, Malcolm R ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Attention; Psychological refractory period

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DYSGRAPHIA; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHONEME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

APHASIA; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 56749175433     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1082882     Document Type: Article

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