Information multiple choice among healthy older adults: Characteristics, correlates, and clinical implications

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-53

  Joy, Stephen ^a   Fein, Deborah ^b   Kaplan, Edith ^c   Freedman, Morris ^d  

^a Albertus Magnus College New Haven   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; RECALL; RECOGNITION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0032798491     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/clin.13.1.48.1981     Document Type: Review

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