Easier tasks can have better discriminating power: The case of verbal fluency

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 385-391

  Melinder, Meredith R D ^a   Barch, Deanna M ^a   Heydebrand, Gitry ^a,b   Csernansky, John G ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential deficit; Discriminating power; Schizophrenia; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATING POWER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; READING; RELIABILITY; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL FLUENCY;

EID: 24144501089     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-843X.114.3.383     Document Type: Article

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