Forward and backward memory span should not be combined for clinical analysis

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-40

  Reynolds, Cecil R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RECALL;

EID: 0030942389     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6177(96)00015-7     Document Type: Article

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