Phonemic fluency in Portuguese-speaking subjects in Brazil: Ranking of letters

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1191-1200

  Senhorini, Maurien ^a   Amaro Jr , Edson ^a   De Mello Ayres, Adriana ^a   De Simone, Adriana ^a   Busatto, Geraldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; PHONEME; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33746195616     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390500350969     Document Type: Article

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