Verbal Knowledge as a Compensation Determinant of Adult Age Differences in Verbal Fluency Tasks over Time

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 144-154

  Sauzeon H ^a   Raboutet, C ^a   Rodrigues, J ^a   Langevin, S ^a   Schelstraete, M A ^b   Feyereisen, P ^b   Hupet, M ^b   N'Kaoua, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aging; Clustering and switching across time; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052710851     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10804-010-9107-6     Document Type: Article

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