Suggestions for revised scoring of the Tower of Hanoi test

Assessment

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 311-320

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Error analysis; Executive functions; Repeated assessment; Revised scoring; Tower of Hanoi test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

COGNITION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0034280615     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319110000700309     Document Type: Article

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