Assessment of neuropsychological function through use of the Cambridge Neuropsychological Testing Automated Battery: Performance in 4- to 12-year-old children

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 595-624

  Luciana, Monica ^a   Nelson, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0036954458     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326942DN2203_3     Document Type: Article

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