'Tower of London': Mental planning, validity and the ceiling effect;'Torre de Londres': Planificación mental, validez y efecto techo

Revista de Neurologia

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 210-213

  Portella, M J ^a,b   Marcos Bars, Teodor ^a,b   Rami Gonzalez L ^a   Navarro Odriozola, V ^a   Gasto Ferrer C ^a,b   Salamero, M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Frontal lobes; Planning ability; Tower of London

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FRONTAL LOBE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PLANNING; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOWER OF LONDON TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0141989929     PISSN: 02100010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.33588/rn.3703.2003156     Document Type: Article

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