Social facilitation effect of examiner attention or inattention to computer-administered neuropsychological tests: First sign that the examiner may affect results

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 663-671

  Yantz, Christinex J ^a   McCaffrey, Robert J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized assessment; Observation; Social facilitation; Test of Memory Malingering; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; Word Memory Test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT T TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST OF MEMORY MALINGERING; VALIDITY; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORD MEMORY TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL FACILITATION;

EID: 34447125113     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040600788158     Document Type: Article

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