The Penn Conditional Exclusion Test: A new measure of executive-function with alternate forms for repeat administration

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-201

  Kurtz, Matthew M ^a,b   Ragland, J Daniel ^c   Moberg, Paul J ^c   Gur, Ruben C ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate forms; Cognitive test; Executive function; Practice effects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PENN CONDITIONAL EXCLUSION TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECOGNITION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 1542328900     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6177(03)00003-9     Document Type: Article

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