Verbal and nonverbal fluency in Spanish-speaking children

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 647-660

  Matute, Esmeralda ^a   Rosselli, Mónica ^b   Ardila, Alfredo ^c   Morales, Guadalupe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEXICO; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4744358145     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326942dn2602_7     Document Type: Article

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