A disorder of executive function and its role in language processing

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-210

  Martin, Randi C ^a   Allen, Corinne M ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Executive function; Semantic short term memory

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORD LIST RECALL; WORKING MEMORY;

APHASIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 56749175556     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1082884     Document Type: Article

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