Longitudinal change in language production: Effects of aging and dementia on grammatical complexity and propositional content

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 600-614

  Kemper, Susan ^a   Thompson, Marilyn ^b   Marquis, Janet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MODEL;

EID: 0035213754     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0882-7974.16.4.600     Document Type: Article

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