Norms of performance of sustained attention among a community sample: Continuous Performance Test study

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 170-176

  Hsieh, Pei Chun ^a   Chu, Ching Lin ^a   Yang, Yen Kuang ^a   Yang, Yi Ching ^a   Yeh, Tzung Lieh ^a   Lee, I Hui ^a   Chen, Po See ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Continuous Performance Test; Mental disorder; Norm; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; ATTENTION; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 17144400814     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01353.x     Document Type: Article

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