Predictors of performance on three developmentally sensitive neuropsychological tests in children with and without traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 491-500

  Prigatano, George P ^a   Gray, Jennifer A ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmentally sensitive neuropsychological tests; Normal functioning school age children; Predictors of performance; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BARROW ADAPTATION OF THE FULD OBJECT MEMORY EVALUATION; BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE SCREEN FOR HIGHER CEREBRAL FUNCTION IN SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER TAPPING TEST; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LINGUISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 45949088715     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050802084902     Document Type: Article

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