Treatment for lexical retrieval using abstract and concrete words in persons with aphasia: Effect of complexity

Aphasiology

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 835-853

  Kiran, Swathi ^a   Sandberg, Chaleece ^a   Abbott, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Capitol Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstractness; Aphasia; Complexity; Generation; Imageability; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950756423     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030802588866     Document Type: Article

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