Plasticity of verbal fluency in older adults: A 90-minute telephone-based intervention

Gerontology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 53-63

  Sutter, Christine ^a   Zöllig, Jacqueline ^a   Martin, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive training; Old age; Transfer; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGIT SYMBOL SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FINGER SPAN; GO NO GO; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; N BACK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHONEME; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELEPHONE; TRAIL MAKING; TRAINING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEACHING; TELEPHONE; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84871611009     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342199     Document Type: Article

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