A cross-sectional study of the effects of age, education, and gender on the Boston Naming Test

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 587-616

  Zec, Ronald F ^a   Burkett, Nicole R ^a   Markwell, Stephen J ^a   Larsen, Deb L ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Boston Naming Test; Confrontation Naming; Cross Sectional Study; Language; Lexical Retrieval

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BOSTON NAMING TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34447114527     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040701220028     Document Type: Article

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