Examining the link between information processing speed and executive functioning in multiple sclerosis

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-58

  Drew, Margaret A ^a   Starkey, Nicola J ^a   Isler, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Delis Kaplan Executive Function System; Executive functions; Information processing speed; Multiple sclerosis; Processing Speed Index (PSI; Response speed; Sternberg Memory Scanning Test; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING SPEED; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 65649100054     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acp007     Document Type: Article

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