Embedded indices of effort in the repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status (Rbans) in a geriatric sample

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1064-1077

  Barker, Marie D ^a,b,c   Horner, Michael David ^a,b   Bachman, David L ^a,b  

^a MUSC Medical Center   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Effort; Geriatric; Motivation; RBANS; Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77955618681     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2010.486009     Document Type: Article

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