Verbal fluency: Theoretical considerations and new approaches;Les Fluences Verbales: Aspects Théoriques et Nouvelles Approches

Annee Psychologique

Volumn , Issue 2, 2004, Pages 331-360

  Gierski, Fabien ^a,b,c,d   Ergis, Anne Marie ^b  

^a Institut de Psychologie   (France)

^b Paris V ^*

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Clustering; Qualitative analysis; Switching; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

EID: 18944365322     PISSN: 00035033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3406/psy.2004.29670     Document Type: Article

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