Verbal fluency deficits in Parkinson's disease: A meta-analysis

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 608-622

  Henry, Julie D ^a   Crawford, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluency; Pakinson's; Semantic memory; Switching

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHONEME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4043162700     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617704104141     Document Type: Article

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