Irony and empathy in children with traumatic brain injury

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 338-348

  Dennis, Maureen ^a,b   Simic, Nevena ^a,c   Agostino, Alba ^d   Taylor, H Gerry ^e,f   Bigler, Erin D ^g,h   Rubin, Kenneth ⁱ   Vannatta, Kathryn ^j,k   Gerhardt, Cynthia A ^j,k   Stancin, Terry ^f,l   Yeates, Keith Owen ^j,k  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^j OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE AT NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Childhood head injury; Glasgow Coma Scale; Keywords Sarcasm; Social cognition; Speech acts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875161231     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617712001440     Document Type: Article

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