Age and task parameters in continuous performance tests for preschoolers

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 96, Issue 3 I, 2003, Pages 975-989

  Hagelthorn, Kathleen M ^a   Hiemenz, Jennifer R ^a   Pillion, Joseph P ^a   Mahone, E Mark ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0141687162     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.96.3.975     Document Type: Article

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