Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III inter-subtest scatter: A comparison of brain-damaged patients and normal controls

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1319-1326

  Ryan, Joseph J ^a   Tree, Heather A ^b   Morris, Jeri ^c   Gontkovsky, Samuel T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d METHODIST REHABILITATION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain dysfunction; Inter subtest scatter; WAIS III

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDITY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 33750031725     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20307     Document Type: Article

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