The effects of culture on WASI test performance in ethnically diverse individuals

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 776-788

  Razani, Jill ^a   Murcia, German ^a   Tabares, Jose ^a   Wong, Jennifer ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT TEST; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; SCORING SYSTEM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 34547786673     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040701437481     Document Type: Article

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