Narrative skill in children with early unilateral brain injury: A possible limit to functional plasticity

Developmental Science

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 636-647

  Demir, Özlem Ece ^a   Levine, Susan C ^a   Goldin Meadow, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77955540671     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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