The development and preliminary validation of the Tower of Hanoi-revised

Assessment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-176

  Welsh, Marilyn C ^a   Huizinga, Mariëtte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Executive function; Neuropsychology; Psychometrics; Tower of Hanoi; Tower of London

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035374958     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107319110100800205     Document Type: Article

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