Neural dissociation in the production of lexical versus classifier signs in ASL: Distinct patterns of hemispheric asymmetry

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 382-387

  Hickok, Gregory ^a   Pickell, Herbert ^b   Klima, Edward ^b   Bellugi, Ursula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; ASL; Classifiers; Sign language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APHASIA; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DECISION MAKING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIGN LANGUAGE; STROKE;

EID: 58849126430     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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