Is relational reasoning dependent on language? A voxel-based lesion symptom mapping study

Brain and Language

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 59-64

  Baldo, Juliana V ^a   Bunge, Silvia A ^b   Wilson, Stephen M ^c   Dronkers, Nina F ^a,d,e  

^a VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Executive functioning; Language; Lesion mapping; Problem solving; Reasoning; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; VISION;

APHASIA; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STROKE;

EID: 77951499449     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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