A combination of thematic and similarity-based semantic processes confers resistance to deficit following left hemisphere stroke

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY 2012, 2012, Pages

  Kalénine, Solène ^a,b   Mirman, Daniel ^a   Buxbaum, Laurel J ^a  

^a MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Univ Lille   (France)

Author keywords

Eye tracking; Functional similarity; Semantic processing; Stroke; Thematic knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; GAZE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PSYCHOSIS; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEMANTIC MEMORY; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864274175     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00106     Document Type: Article

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