Ineffectiveness of an Italian NART-equivalent for the estimation of verbal learning ability in normal elderly

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 618-623

  Isella, Valeria ^a   Villa, M L ^b   Forapani, E ^b   Piamarta, F ^b   Russo, A ^b   Appollonio, I M ^b  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LEARNING; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REY AUDITORY VERBAL LEARNING TEST; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; ITALY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; READING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 21244448770     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390490918552     Document Type: Article

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