The impact of language on the equivalence of trail making tests: Findings from three pediatric cohorts with different language dominance

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-130

  Mok, Nancy ^a   Tsang, Lucia ^a   Lee, Tatia M C ^a   Llorente, Antolin M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Culture; Equivalence; Language; Trail making tests

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRAIL MAKING TEST;

EID: 45849107283     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084280802083962     Document Type: Article

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