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Communication deficits: assessment of subjects with frontal lobe damage in an interview setting

Josie Bernicot, Virginie Dardier Laboratoire de Psychologie Langage et Cognition (LaCo), Universite’de Poitiers CNRS, MSHS, 99 avenue du Recteur Pineau’86022 Poitiers Cedex, France
Pages 245-263 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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