Repeated assessment of the Tower of Hanoi test: Reliability and age effects

Assessment

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 297-310

  Ahonniska, Jaana ^a   Ahonen, Timo ^a   Aro, Tuija ^a   Tolvanen, Asko ^a   Lyytinen, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Neuropsychological assessment; Practice effects; Repeated assessment; The Tower of Hanoi

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034278214     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319110000700308     Document Type: Article

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