Impaired comprehension of nonliteral language in Tourette syndrome

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 178-184

  Eddy, Clare M ^a,b   Mitchell, Ian J ^a   Beck, Sarah R ^a   Cavanna, Andrea E ^b   Rickards, Hugh E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

frontostriatal dysfunction; nonliteral language; theory of mind; Tourette syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; LITERATURE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STROOP TEST; SYMBOLISM; THEORY OF MIND; TOURETTE SYNDROME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957598375     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e3181e61cb7     Document Type: Article

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