Imageability effects on sentence judgement by right‐brain‐damaged adults
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Imageability effects on sentence judgement by right-brain-damaged adults.
BACKGROUND: For decades researchers assumed visual image generation was the province of the right hemisphere. The lack of corresponding evidence was only recently noted, yet conflicting results still leave open the possibility that the right hemisphere plays a role. This study assessed imagery generation in adult participants with and without right hemisphere damage (RHD). Imagery was operation...
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عنوان ژورنال: Aphasiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0268-7038,1464-5041
DOI: 10.1080/02687030802592892