Does the Letter Number Sequencing task measure anything more than digit span?

Assessment

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-117

  Crowe, Simon F ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Letter Number Sequencing; Processing speed; WAIS III

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0034200271     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319110000700202     Document Type: Article

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