Symbol vs. digit substitution task performance in diverse cultural and linguistic groups

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 800-810

  Harris, Josette G ^a   Wagner, Brandie ^a   Cullum, C Munro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMBOLISM; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34547736072     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040600801019     Document Type: Article

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