Inferencing processes after right hemisphere brain damage: effects of contextual bias

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 373-384

  Blake, Margaret Lehman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive communication; Language comprehension; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

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

EID: 65249137689     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2009/07-0172)     Document Type: Article

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