Performance on a semantic verbal fluency task across time: Dissociation between clustering, switching, and categorical exploitation processes

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 268-280

  Raboutet, Catriona ^a   Sauzéon, Hélène ^a   Corsini, Marc Michel ^a   Rodrigues, Jérome ^a   Langevin, Sabine ^a   N'Kaoua, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Clustering; Retrieval processes; Semantic fluency task; Switching; Time intervals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SEMANTICS; TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77951249849     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390902984464     Document Type: Article

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