Further exploration of the effect of "diagnosis threat" on cognitive performance in individuals with mild head injury

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-29

  Suhr, Julie A ^a   Gunstad, John ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Expectations; Head injury; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; AGING; DIAGNOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANXIETY; COGNITION; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 15044363850     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617705050010     Document Type: Article

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