Cognitive flexibility: Theory, assessment, and treatment

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-132

  Rende, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluency; Perseveration; Shifting

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

EID: 0033657547     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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