A new measure of visual location learning and memory: Development and psychometric properties for the Brown Location Test (BLT)

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 811-825

  Brown, Franklin C ^a,b,c   Roth, Robert M ^c   Saykin, Andrew J ^c   Beverly Gibson, Gina ^d  

^a EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning; Location; Memory; Spatial; Visual

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRAWING; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISION TEST; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 34547749030     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040600878777     Document Type: Article

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