Neuropsychological assessment of executive functions in women: Effects of age and education

Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 566-577

  Plumet, Jocelyne ^a   Gil, Roger ^a   Gaonac'h, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Card sorting; Education; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARD SORTING TEST; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSEVERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 26444613296     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.19.5.566     Document Type: Article

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