Effects of a third party observer during neuropsychological assessment: When the observer is a video camera

Journal of Forensic Neuropsychology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 39-47

  Constantinou, Marios ^a   Ashendorf, Lee ^a   McCaffrey, Robert J ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Albany Psychological Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Audio recorder; Neuropsychological evaluation; Standardized test administration; Third party observer; Video recorder

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAPE RECORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 27144551140     PISSN: 15211029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J151v04n02_04     Document Type: Article

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