Geriatric performance on the Benton Visual Retention Test: Demographic and diagnostic considerations

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 66-77

  Coman, Ellen ^a,b   Moses Jr , James A ^a,b   Kraemer, Helena Chmura ^b   Friedman, Leah ^b   Benton, Arthur L ^c   Yesavage, Jerome ^a,b  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0032798833     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/clin.13.1.66.1972     Document Type: Review

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