Verbal irony comprehension in older adults with amnestic mild cognitive impairment

Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 702-712

  Gaudreau, Geneviève ^a,b   Monetta, Laura ^a,b   Macoir, Joël ^a,b   Laforce, Robert ^c   Poulin, Stéphane ^b,c   Hudon, Carol ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Irony comprehension; Mild cognitive impairment; Nonliteral language; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; VERBAL IRONY COMPREHENSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPREHENSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84888017689     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0034655     Document Type: Article

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