The effect of age and education transformations on neuropsychological test scores of persons with diffuse or bilateral brain damage

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 181-189

  Reitan, Ralph M ^a   Wolfson, Deborah ^a  

^a Reitan Neuropsychology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Age effects; Education effects; Halstead Reitan Battery; Heaton, Grant, and Matthews procedure; Reitan and Wolfson procedure; Score transformations; Transformation validity

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEATON GRANT AND MATTHEWS PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RATING SCALE; REITAN AND WOLFSON NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DEFICIT SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN INJURIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 31144460572     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324826an1204_1     Document Type: Article

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