Interpreting reaction time measures in between-group comparisons

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 858-872

  Salthouse, Timothy A ^a   Hedden, Trey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; MEASUREMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036824311     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.24.7.858.8392     Document Type: Review

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