A crossword a day improves verbal fluency: A report of an intervention study

Irish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 193-198

  Murphy, Mike ^a   Cunningham, Róiśin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cognitive reserve; Crossword; Intervention; Semantic verbal fluency; Soft skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872898521     PISSN: 03033910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03033910.2012.714709     Document Type: Article

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