The effects of aging and dual task demands on language production

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-259

  Kemper, Susan ^a   Schmalzried, Ralynn ^a   Herman, Ruth ^a   Leedahl, Skye ^a   Mohankumar, Deepthi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual task demands; Language production

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; EYE TRACKING; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; INDIVIDUALITY; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66349085412     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580802438868     Document Type: Article

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