A meta-analytic procedure shows an age-related decline in picture naming: Comments on Goulet, Ska, and Kahn (1994)

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1328-1333

  Feyereisen, Pierre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aging; Meta analysis; Picture naming

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 0031456369     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4006.1328     Document Type: Review

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