Cortex
Volume 44, Issue 9 , Pages 1161-1170 , October 2008

Does sex influence the age of acquisition of common names? A contrast of different semantic categories

  • Riccardo Barbarotto

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychology Unit, Centro S. Ambrogio', Fatebenefratelli, Cernusco s/n, Milano, Italy
    • ,
  • Marcella Laiacona

      Affiliations

    • S. Maugeri Foundation, Veruno Scientific Institute, Aphasia Unit, Veruno, Italy
    • ,
  • Erminio Capitani

      Affiliations

    • Milan University, Neurology Unit, S. Paolo Hospital, Milano, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Milan University, Neurology Unit, S. Paolo Hospital, via Di Rudini 8, 20142 Milano, Italy.

Received 29 March 2007 ,Revised 10 July 2007 ,Accepted 2 August 2007.

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PII: S0010-9452(07)00135-9

doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2007.08.016

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