Semantic Relations and Repetition of Items Enhance the Free Recall of Words by Multiple Sclerosis Patients

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1070-1078

  Andrade, Vivian M ^a   Oliveira, Maria Gabriela M ^a   Miranda, Monica C ^a   Oliveira, Acary S B ^a   Oliveira, Enedina M L ^a   Bueno, Orlando F A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SERIAL LEARNING; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0242637096     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.25.8.1070.16730     Document Type: Article

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