The stroop effect in greek healthy population: Normative data for the stroop neuropsychological screening test

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-88

  Zalonis, Ioannis ^a   Christidi, Fotini ^a   Bonakis, Anastasios ^a   Kararizou, Evangelia ^a   Triantafyllou, Nikolaos I ^a   Paraskevas, Georgios ^a   Kapaki, Elissavet ^a   Vasilopoulos, Dimitrios ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Normative data; Selective attention; Stroop Neuropsychological Screening Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; SCREENING TEST; STROOP NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENINGTEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; AGING; COLOR VISION TEST; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POPULATION GROUPS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 65649151054     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acp011     Document Type: Article

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