Phonemic fluency, semantic fluency, and difference scores: Normative data for adult Hebrew speakers

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 690-699

  Kavé, Gitit ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONEME; PHONETICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISRAEL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 23944461133     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390490918499     Document Type: Article

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