Development and reliability of a quantitative measure of adults' narratives

Aphasiology

Volumn 19, Issue 3-5, 2005, Pages 263-273

  Wright, Heather Harris ^a   Capilouto, Gilson J ^a   Wagovich, Stacy A ^b   Cranfill, Tamara B ^a   Davis, Jill E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MENTAL TASK; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 19144365765     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030444000732     Document Type: Article

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