Inferencing processes after right hemisphere brain damage: maintenance of inferences

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 359-372

  Blake, Margaret Lehman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive communication disorders; Language comprehension; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; READING;

EID: 65249101371     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/07-0012)     Document Type: Article

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