Different effects of dual task demands on the speech of young and older adults

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 340-358

  Kemper, Susan ^a   Herman, Ruth E ^a   Nartowicz, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; REGISTER; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 28744457963     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/138255890968466     Document Type: Article

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