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Impact of gender and age on confrontation naming and linguistic facility in aging populations.
Type: Text
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Gonzalez, Katherine, Rosselli, Monica, Vélez-Uribe, Idaly
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Word retrieval often presents a problem for aging populations. The Boston Naming Test (BNT) is a prevalent neuropsychological exam that uses word retrieval to reveal relevant information leading to a diagnosis of cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. This study investigated the effects of age and gender on a confrontation naming test. Confrontation naming was assessed using… more
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