Selective versus sustained attention: A continuous performance test revisited

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-33

  Armstrong, Carol ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030963456     PISSN: 09201637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854049708407026     Document Type: Article

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