The effect of age and sex on clustering and switching during speeded verbal fluency tasks

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-204

  Lanting, Shawnda ^a   Haugrud, Nicole ^a   Crossley, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clustering; Language; Normal aging; Sex differences; Switching; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; ATTENTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LANGUAGE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449174887     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617709090237     Document Type: Article

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