Daily crosswords improve verbal fluency: A brief intervention study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 915-919

  Murphy, Mike ^a   O'Sullivan, Katie ^a   Kelleher, Kieran G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

aging; cognitive reserve; crosswords; intervention; verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE RESERVE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSWORD PUZZLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONEMIC VERBAL FLUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECREATION; RETIREMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; LINGUISTICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84905867625     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4079     Document Type: Article

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