Treatment generalization and executive control processes: Preliminary data from Chinese anomic individuals Short Report

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 784-794

  Yeung, Olivia ^a   Law, Sam Po ^a   Yau, Monna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Executive functions; Therapy; Treatment generalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOMIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANOMIA; BRAIN INJURIES; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350123912     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820902929081     Document Type: Article

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