Manipulating task instructions to change narrative discourse performance

Aphasiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1295-1308

  Wright, Heather Harris ^a   Capilouto, Gilson J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Language analyses; Narrative

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NARRATIVE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; STORYTELLING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 70349138040     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030902826844     Document Type: Article

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