Different patterns of spoken and written word comprehension deficit in aphasic stroke patients

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 414-434

  Crutch, Sebastian J ^a,b   Warrington, Elizabeth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory verbal; Conceptual knowledge; Modality; Semantics; Visual verbal

Indexed keywords

AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; SPEECH; STROKE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; APHASIA; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; READING; SPEECH; STROKE;

EID: 84861422301     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2012.673481     Document Type: Article

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