Relationship of stimulus and examinee variables to performance on analogous visual and tactile block construction tasks

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 140-149

  Miller, Joseph C ^a   Skillman, Gemma D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Block Construction task; Block Design test; Cross modal; Haptic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOUCH; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 45849128724     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084280802160901     Document Type: Article

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