Working memory and verbal fluency in simultaneous interpreters

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 624-633

  Stavrakaki, Stavroula ^a   Megari, Kalliopi ^a   Kosmidis, Mary H ^a   Apostolidou, Maria ^a   Takou, Eleni ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cognitive skills; Foreign language teachers; Simultaneous interpreting; Verbal fluency; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPEECH; TRANSLATING;

EID: 84863846531     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2012.667068     Document Type: Article

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