Double dissociation of letter and category fluency following left frontal and temporal lobe lesions

Aphasiology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1593-1604

  Baldo, Juliana V ^a   Schwartz, Sophie ^b   Wilkins, David P ^a,c   Dronkers, Nina F ^a,d,e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontal cortex; Jargon aphasia; Lexical retrieval; Neologism; Temporal cortex; Verbal fluency; Wernicke's aphasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL SENSORY APHASIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL FLUENCY;

EID: 78649475429     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2010.489260     Document Type: Article

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