Normative data for a working memory test: The four Word Short-Term Memory Test

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 373-380

  Morrow, Lisa A ^a,b   Ryan, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOUR WORD SHORT TERM MEMORY TEST; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RESEARCH; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0036706167     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/clin.16.3.373.13850     Document Type: Article

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