Incidence of word finding deficits in normal aging

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-19

  Strauss Hough, Monica ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Selective impairment; Transmission deficit; Word finding deficit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTIC MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISION; WORD FINDING DEFICIT; WORD LIST RECALL; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGED; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33845738777     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096546     Document Type: Article

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