Planning abilities and the Tower of London: Is this task measuring a discrete cognitive function?

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 846-856

  Unterrainer, J M ^a   Rahm, B ^a   Kaller, C P ^a   Leonhart, R ^a   Quiske, K ^a   Hoppe Seyler, K ^a   Meier, C ^a   Muller C ^a   Halsband, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PLANNING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; TOWER OF LONDON TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 5444258468     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390490509574     Document Type: Article

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