Performance of university students on Random Number Generation at different rates to evaluate executive functions

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-60

  Hamdan, Amer C ^a   De Souza, Juberty A ^b   Buen, Orlando F A ^c,d  

^a Univ Fed Mato Grosso Sul (UFMS)   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central executive; Executive functions; Neuropsychological test; Random number generation; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION TASK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 1842842920     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2004000100010     Document Type: Article

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