The effects of age, sex and Alzheimer's disease on strategy use during verbal fluency tasks

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 220-239

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age differences; Alzheimer's disease; Clustering and switching; Sex differences; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SEMANTICS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649102879     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580903042700     Document Type: Article

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