The modified card sorting test: Test-retest stability and relationships with demographic variables in a healthy older adult sample

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 457-466

  De Zubicaray, Greig I ^a   Smith, Glen A ^a   Chalk, Jonathan B ^a   Semple, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031766565     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1998.tb01403.x     Document Type: Article

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