Life span effects of lexical factors on oral naming

Language and Speech

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-156

  Newman, Rochelle S ^a   German, Diane J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Lexical access; Naming; Word finding

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344450976     PISSN: 00238309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00238309050480020101     Document Type: Article

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