The common objects memory test (COMT): A simple test with cross-cultural applicability

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 537-545

  Kempler, Daniel ^a   Teng, Evelyn L ^b   Taussig, Maribel ^c   Dick, Malcolm B ^d  

^a EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer disease; Cross cultural comparison; Dementia; Education; Language; Learning; Memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 77952548618     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617710000160     Document Type: Article

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