Effects of a third party observer and anxiety on tests of executive function

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 409-417

  Horwitz, Julie E ^a   McCaffrey, Robert J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Social facilitation; Tactual performance test; Third party observer; Trail making test; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEMANTICS; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 44649159917     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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