The cognitive determinants of performance on the Austin Maze

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Crowe, Simon F ^a   Barclay, Lee ^a   Brennan, Steve ^a   Farkas, Linda ^a   Gould, Emma ^a   Katchmarsky, Sharon ^a   Vayda, Samantha ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Austin Maze; Executive; Visuospatial; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAZE TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 0033059490     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617799511016     Document Type: Article

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