Assessment of strategic processing during narrative comprehension in individuals with mild cognitive impairment

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 661-671

  Schmitter Edgecombe, Maureen ^a   Creamer, Scott ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Inferences; Language; Memory; Text comprehension; Think aloud

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; STATISTICS; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77957014343     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617710000433     Document Type: Article

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