Word association in early Alzheimer's disease

Brain and Language

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-303

  Gollan, Tamar H ^a   Salmon, David P ^b   Paxton, Jessica L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dementia; Free association; Production; Speakers; Word association

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PREDICTION; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33750517945     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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