Age-related differences in performance of phonemic verbal fluency measured by Controlled Oral Word Association Task (COWAT): A meta-analytic study

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 697-717

  Rodríguez Aranda, Claudia ^a   Martinussen, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED ORAL WORD ASSOCIATION TASK; DATA ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHONETICS; SEX FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 33750288349     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326942dn3002_3     Document Type: Article

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