Semantic fluency and phonemic fluency: Regression-based norms for the portuguese population

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 262-271

  Cavaco, Sara ^a,b,c   Gonçalves, Alexandra ^a,b   Pinto, Cláudia ^a,b   Almeida, Eduarda ^a,b   Gomes, Filomena ^a,b   Moreira, Inês ^a,b   Fernandes, Joana ^a,b   Teixeira Pinto, Armando ^d,e  

^a Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d University of Porto   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Educational achievement; Neuropsychological tests; Reliability; Standardization; Verbal fluency disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879164928     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/act001     Document Type: Article

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