Digit Span as a measure of everyday attention: A study of ecological validity

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 97, Issue 3 II, 2003, Pages 1209-1218

  Groth Marnat, Gary ^a,b   Baker, Sonya ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Hollister Ranch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 2142695252     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2003.97.3f.1209     Document Type: Article

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