Analysis of verbal fluency ability in amnestic and non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 721-731

  Weakley, Alyssa ^a   Schmitter Edgecombe, Maureen ^a   Anderson, Jonathan ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive functioning; Fluency; Language and language disorders; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL STENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERY ELDERLY;

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING; FLUENCY; LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNESIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84890397759     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/act058     Document Type: Article

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