General knowledge of the world: A standardised assessment

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 161-175

  Mariani, C ^a   Sacco, L ^a   Spinnler, H ^a   Venneri, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General knowledge of the world; Remote memory; Sex differences in knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CULTURE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036808389     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720200057     Document Type: Article

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