The Trail Making Test and its neurobehavioral components

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-163

  Misdraji, Esther L ^a   Gass, Carlton S ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Executive function; Minnesota multiphasic personality Inventory 2; Neuropsychological assessment; Trail making test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRAIN DISEASES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAIL MAKING TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951232649     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390902881942     Document Type: Article

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