Understanding design fluency: Motor and executive contributions

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-37

  Suchy, Yana ^a   Kraybill, Matthew L ^a   Gidley Larson, Jennifer C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive flexibility; Construct validation; Design fluency; Electronic tests; Executive function; Figural fluency; Motor action; Motor planning; Motor speed; Visual scanning

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77149129908     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617709990804     Document Type: Article

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