A cross-talk between brain-damage patients and infants on action and language

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1222-1234

  Papeo, Liuba ^a,b   Hochmann, Jean Remy ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Cognitive neuropsychology; Concepts; Sensorimotor processes; Word comprehension; Word learning

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOCIAL COGNITION; SYMBOLISM;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84861223260     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.03.025     Document Type: Review

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