Semantic verbal fluency strategies in amnestic mild cognitive impairment

Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 490-497

  Price, Sarah E ^a   Kinsella, Glynda J ^a   Ong, Ben ^a   Storey, Elsdon ^b   Mullaly, Elizabeth ^c   Phillips, Margaret ^d   Pangnadasa Fox, Lanki ^e   Perre, Diana ^f  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Caulfield Hospital   (Australia)

^d Bundoora Extended Care Centre   (Australia)

^e AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^f SUNSHINE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clustering; Semantic memory; Switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; VELOCITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DEMENTIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84870541471     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028567     Document Type: Article

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