Age-related differences in the production of textual descriptions

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 439-463

  Marini, Andrea ^a,b,c,e   Boewe, Anke ^a   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a   Carlomagno, Sergio ^d  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^e Cattedra di Fondamenti Anatomo fisiologici dell'Attività Psichica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Discourse processing; Macrolinguistic analysis; Microlinguistic analysis; Psycholinguistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 25644437071     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-005-6203-z     Document Type: Article

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