Relationships between continuous performance task scores and other cognitive measures: Causality or commonality?

Assessment

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 325-336

  Aylward, Glen P ^a   Gordon, Michael ^b   Verhulst, Steven J ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001016527     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319119700400403     Document Type: Article

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