Addressing the differences in speed of processing of the intervening calculation task on the modified Brown-Peterson task

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-106

  Tsiakas, Maria ^a   Gagnon, Michèle ^a,b   Awad, Nesrine ^a   Messier, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Clinical Epidemiology Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arithmetic ability; Brown Peterson technique; Divided attention; Processing speed; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CALCULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; PERFORMANCE; RECALL; VELOCITY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 4944246656     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324826an1102_6     Document Type: Article

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