A normative study of the trail making test A and B in Greek adults

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 842-850

  Zalonis, I ^a   Kararizou, E ^a   Triantafyllou, N I ^a   Kapaki, E ^a   Papageorgiou, S ^a   Sgouropoulos, P ^a   Vassilopoulos, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Executive functioning; Neuropsychological tests; Psychomotor speed; Shift of attention; Trail Making Test; Visual tracking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; TRAIL MAKING TEST; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50649124418     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040701629301     Document Type: Article

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