Tracking passive sentence comprehension in agrammatic aphasia

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-43

  Meyer, Aaron M ^a   Mack, Jennifer E ^a   Thompson, Cynthia K ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent first strategy; Agrammatic aphasia; Eye tracking; Online sentence processing; Passive sentences

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GAZE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80054844135     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: 18738052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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