Repeat test scores on neurobehavioral measures over an eight-year period in a sample of Portuguese children

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-93

  Townes, Brenda D ^a,e   Martins, Isabel Pavao ^b   Castro Caldas, Alexandre ^c   Rosenbaum, Gail ^d   Derouen, Timothy ^d  

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

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age and gender differences; Children; Longitudinal study; Neurobehavioral tests; Neuropsychological; Psychometric assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOMETRY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PORTUGAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 36448969797     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450601042102     Document Type: Article

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