Initial phase performance in a 30-s verbal fluency task as being reflective of aging effect

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 496-500

  Lee, Seon Ha ^a   Kim, Hyanghee ^a,b   Kim, Jungwan ^c   Yoon, Ji Hye ^d   Kim, Soo Ryon ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Daegu University   (South Korea)

^d Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive function; Frontal lobe; Initial phase; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; THIRTY SECONDS VERBAL SEMANTIC FLUENCY TASK; TIME; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VERY ELDERLY; AGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; LANGUAGE TEST; LINGUISTICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84926184457     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12284     Document Type: Article

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