Norms for letter and category fluency: Demographic corrections for age, education, and ethnicity

Assessment

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-178

  Gladsjo, Julie Akiko ^a,b   Schuman, Catherine C ^a   Evans, Jovier D ^a   Peavy, Guerry M ^a   Miller, S Walden ^a   Heaton, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Neuropsychological tests; Normative data; Verbal fluency; Word fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RECALL; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EFFICIENCY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEMANTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033144722     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319119900600204     Document Type: Article

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