Mental imagery and idiom comprehension: A comparison of school-age children and adults

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 788-799

  Nippold, Marilyn A ^a   Duthie, Jill K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Children; Comprehension; Idioms; Mental imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; WRITING;

ADULT; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0042976437     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2003/062)     Document Type: Article

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