Age differences in sentence production

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages

  Kemper, Susan ^a   Herman, Ruth ^a   Lian, Cindy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0141763597     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.5.P260     Document Type: Article

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