Actigraph data are reliable, with functional reliability increasing with aggregation

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 873-878

  Wood, Alexis C ^a   Kuntsi, Jonna ^a   Asherson, Philip ^a   Saudino, Kimberly J ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; INSTRUMENTATION; MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TWINS;

CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TWINS;

EID: 50849100691     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.40.3.873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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