Development of the Tower of London-Revised

Assessment

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 355-360

  Schnirman, Geoffrey M ^b   Welsh, Marilyn C ^a   Retzlaff, Paul D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Executive function; Neuropsychology; Planning; Psychometrics; Tower of London

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032238362     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319119800500404     Document Type: Article

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