Phonological and lexical-semantic short-term memory and their relationship to sentence production in older adults

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 395-415

  Miller, Michelle D ^a   Johnson, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PHONATION; PHONETICS; PREDICTION; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 10644255682     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580490521331     Document Type: Article

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