Semantic verbal fluency in Spanish-speaking people: A comparative analysis;Fluidez verbal semántica en hispanohablantes: Un análisis comparativo

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 463-468

  Ramirez M ^a   Ostrosky Solís, Feggy ^a   Ostrosky Solis F ^a   Fernandez A ^b   Ardila Ardila, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Culture; Education; Normative data; Semantic verbal fluency; Transcultural neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL VALUE; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SEMANTIC VERBAL FLUENCY; SEMANTICS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; LANGUAGE TEST; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN; STANDARD; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTICS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPAIN; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33644791330     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.4108.2004597     Document Type: Article

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