Semantic category fluency versus initial letter fluency over 60 seconds as a measure of automatic and controlled processing in healthy school-aged children

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 684-695

  Hurks, P P M ^a   Vles, J S H ^b   Hendriksen, J G M ^b,d   Kalff, A C ^a   Feron, F J M ^c   Kroes, M ^b   Van Zeben, T M C B ^b   Steyaert, J ^b   Jolles, J ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Youth Health Care of the Municipal Health Center   (Netherlands)

^d Child Rehab Center Franciscusoord   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORD RECOGNITION; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; SPEECH; STATISTICS; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33746322092     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390590954191     Document Type: Article

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