A neuropsychological assessment of dual-task costs in closed-head injury patients using Cohen's effect size estimation method

Psychological Research

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 553-561

  Dell'Acqua, Roberto ^a   Sessa, Paola ^a   Pashler, Harold ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL REFRACTORY PERIOD; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPONSE TIME; STATISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REFRACTORY PERIOD, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33750005617     PISSN: 03400727     EISSN: 14302772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00426-005-0016-4     Document Type: Article

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