Picture description in neurologically normal adults: Concepts and topic coherence

Aphasiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 340-354

  Mackenzie, Catherine ^a   Brady, Marian ^b   Norrie, John ^c   Poedjianto, Ninik ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL COMPLIANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREND STUDY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 34147183814     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030600911419     Document Type: Article

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