Recognizing vocal expressions of emotion in patients with social skills deficits following traumatic brain injury

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 369-382

  Dimoska, A ^a   McDonald, S ^a   Pell, M C ^b   Tate, R L ^c   James, C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emotion perception; Filtered; Inhibitory control; Nonsense; Prosody; Semantic

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952544895     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617709991445     Document Type: Article

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