The effects of literacy and education on the quantitative and qualitative aspects of semantic verbal fluency

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 266-277

  Gonzalez Da Silva, Catarina ^a,b   Petersson, Karl Magnus ^a,c,d   Faísca, Luís ^b   Ingvar, Martin ^a   Reis, Alexandra ^a,b,e  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^e Campus de Gambelas   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VOLUNTEER; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; READING; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 1842451888     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.26.2.266.28089     Document Type: Article

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