Performance of individuals with left hemisphere stroke and aphasia and individuals with right brain damage on forward and backward digit span tasks

Aphasiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-56

  Laures Gore, Jacqueline S ^a   Marshall, Rebecca Shisler ^b   Verner, Erin ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Digits backward span; Digits forward span; Right brain damage; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITS BACKWARD; DIGITS FORWARD; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; STROKE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 78651499267     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687031003714426     Document Type: Article

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