Effect of educational level, gender and age on the performance in a multi-user computerized psychometric test system for use in clinical pharmacological studies

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1179-1185

  Versavel, Mark ^a,c   Van Laack, Dorothea ^a   Evertz, Christine ^a   Meier, Friedhelm ^b   Kuhlmann, Jochen ^a  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

intelligence; memory; psychometrics, age, education, gender, reliability, variability; reaction time; vigilance; volunteers, inclusion criteria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTERS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; MOTOR SKILLS; PHARMACOLOGY, CLINICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030452285     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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