Proverb interpretation changes in aging

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-57

  Uekermann, Jennifer ^a   Thoma, Patrizia ^a   Daum, Irene ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Executive functions; Figurative language; Proverb interpretation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; APHORISMS AND PROVERBS AS TOPIC; COMPREHENSION; HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SYMBOLISM;

EID: 43849092291     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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