Alternative to the stroop color-word test for illiterate individuals

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-83

  Kulaif, Thelma ^a   Valle, Luiz E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cognition; Illiteracy; Selective attention; Stroop test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR; COLORED NUMBER TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; READING; STROOP COLOR WORD TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLOR PERCEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 38849173809     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040601186964     Document Type: Article

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