A battery for the assessment of visuo-spatial abilities involved in drawing tasks

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 691-714

  La Femina, Floriana ^a   Senese, Vicenzo Paolo ^b   Grossi, Dario ^b   Venuti, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Constructional abilities; Drawing abilities; Rasch model; Spatial cognition; Visuo spatial abilities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMETRY; RASCH ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67650660393     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040802572426     Document Type: Article

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