Tracking talking: Dual task costs of planning and producing speech for young versus older adults

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-279

  Kemper, Susan ^a   Hoffman, Lesa ^b   Schmalzried, Ralynn ^a   Herman, Ruth ^a   Kieweg, Doug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dual task demands; Fluency; Speech planning; Speech production

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STUTTERING; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LINGUISTICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; STUTTERING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956195448     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2010.527317     Document Type: Article

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