Social cognition of indirect speech: Evidence from Parkinson's disease

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 162-171

  McNamara, Patrick ^a,b   Holtgraves, Thomas ^c   Durso, Raymon ^a,b   Harris, Erica ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution of cooperation; Face saving; Indirect speech; Parkinson's disease; Politeness conventions; Reputation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH RATE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 75149161509     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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