Neurocognitive Functioning is Associated with Employment Status: A Quantitative Review

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1186-1191

  Kalechstein, A D ^a,c   Newton, T F ^a   Van Gorp, W G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK CAPACITY;

ATTENTION; COGNITION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VERBAL LEARNING; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 0242637097     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.25.8.1186.16723     Document Type: Review

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