Does the scoring of late responses affect the outcome of the paced auditory serial addition task (PASAT)?

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 819-825

  Balzano, Julie ^a   Chiaravalloti, Nancy ^a,b   Lengenfelder, Jeannie ^a,b   Moore, Nancy ^a   DeLuca, John ^a,b  

^a KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple sclerosis; PASAT; Processing speed; Scoring; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PACED AUDITORY SERIAL ADDITION TASK; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 33750623123     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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