Tests of syntactic comprehension in aphasia: An investigation of task effects

Aphasiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1215-1230

  Salis, Christos ^a   Edwards, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Syntactic comprehension; Task effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SPEECH; SYNTACTIC COMPREHENSION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 70349098801     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030802380165     Document Type: Article

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