Factors that influence metaphor comprehension skills in adulthood

Experimental Aging Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-98

  Gregory, Monica E ^a   Waggoner, John E ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; HUMANS;

EID: 0029936635     PISSN: 0361073X     EISSN: 10964657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03610739608253999     Document Type: Article

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