Digit Symbol - Incidental Learning in the WAIS-III: Construct Validity and Clinical Significance

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 182-194

  Joy, Stephen ^a   Kaplan, Edith ^b   Fein, Deborah ^c  

^a Albertus Magnus College New Haven   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PATIENT; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0142147089     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/clin.17.2.182.16495     Document Type: Article

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