Spatial orienting by left hemisphere language areas: A relict from the past?

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3059-3070

  Suchan, Julia ^a   Karnath, Hans Otto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

aphasia; hemispheric specialization; lateralization; left brain damage; spatial neglect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INSULA; LANGUAGE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NEGLECTED DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS;

EID: 80054063403     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr120     Document Type: Article

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