Syllabic processing in visual word recognition in Alzheimer patients, elderly people, and young adults

Aphasiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1176-1190

  Carreiras, Manuel ^a   Baquero, Silvia ^a,b   Rodríguez, Esperanza ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Dementia; Neurodegeneration; Syllabic processing; Visual word recognition

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REACTION TIME; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 54249135824     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030701820337     Document Type: Article

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