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Behavioural Neurology
Volume 2014, Article ID 970520, 10 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/970520
Research Article

Effect of Age, Education, and Bilingualism on Confrontation Naming in Older Illiterate and Low-Educated Populations

Sameer Ashaie and Loraine Obler

Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY 10016, USA

Received 15 January 2013; Accepted 15 August 2013; Published 12 February 2014

Academic Editor: Jubin Abutalebi

Copyright © 2014 Sameer Ashaie and Loraine Obler. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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