The Brixton spatial anticipation test as a test for executive function: Validity in patient groups and norms for older adults

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 695-703

  Van Den Berg, Esther ^a   Nys, Gudrun M S ^b   Brands, Augustina M A ^c,d   Ruis, Carla ^a,d   Van Zandvoort, Martine J E ^a,d   Kessels, Roy P C ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Zuwe Hofpoort Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Brixton spatial anticipation test; Clinical; Executive functions; Normative data; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRIXTON SPATIAL ANTICIPATION TEST; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349420844     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617709990269     Document Type: Article

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