Latent semantic analysis: An improved method to measure cognitive performance in subjects of non-english-speaking-background

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1381-1387

  Lautenschlager, Nicola T ^a   Dunn, John C ^a   Bonney, Kathryn ^a   Flicker, Leon ^b   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAMBRIDGE EXAMINATION FOR MENTAL DISORDERS OF THE ELDERLY REVISED; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LATENT SEMANTIC ANALYSIS; LOGICAL MEMORY TEST OF THE WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33750049073     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390500409617     Document Type: Article

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