Neural basis of action understanding: Evidence from sign language aphasia

Aphasiology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1147-1158

  Rogalsky, Corianne ^a   Raphel, Kristin ^b   Tomkovicz, Vivian ^b   O'Grady, Lucinda ^c   Damasio, Hanna ^b   Bellugi, Ursula ^c   Hickok, Gregory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Action understanding; Gesture; Sign aphasia; Sign language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECOGNITION; SIGN LANGUAGE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84885058507     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2013.812779     Document Type: Article

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