Metalinguistic Deficits in Patients with Cerebellar Dysfunction: Empirical Support for the Dysmetria of Thought Theory

Cerebellum

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 50-58

  Guell, Xavier ^a   Hoche, Franziska ^a   Schmahmann, Jeremy D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome; Cerebellum; Dysmetria of thought; Language; Metalinguistic; Universal cerebellar transform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE SYNDROME; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSMETRIA; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; ORAL SENTENCE PRODUCTION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TEST OF LANGUAGE COMPETENCE EXPANDED; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925490405     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-014-0630-z     Document Type: Article

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