Assessing dual-task performance using a paper-and-pencil test: Normative data

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 410-419

  Della Sala, Sergio ^a   Foley, Jennifer A ^a   Beschin, Nicoletta ^b   Allerhand, Mike ^a   Logie, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Rehabilitation Department   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Assessment; Attention; Elderly; Geriatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954829390     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acq039     Document Type: Article

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