Does familiarity with computers affect computerized neuropsychological test performance?

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 594-604

  Iverson, Grant L ^a   Brooks, Brian L ^b   Ashton, V Lynn ^b   Johnson, Lynda G ^c   Gualtieri, C Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC Mental Health & Addiction Services   (Canada)

^c North Carolina Neuropsychiatry Clinics   (United States)

Author keywords

Computerized testing; Demographic variables; Neurocognitive testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER TERMINAL; COMPUTERIZED NEUROCOGNITIVE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KEYBOARD; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFTING ATTENTION TEST; STROOP TEST; SYMBOL DIGIT CODING TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651252963     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390802372125     Document Type: Article

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