Impairments in social cognition following severe traumatic brain injury

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 231-246

  McDonald, Skye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Empathy; KeyWords Emotion perception; Pragmatics; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875152287     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617712001506     Document Type: Review

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