Appraising the ANT: Psychometric and Theoretical Considerations of the Attention Network Test

Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 637-651

  MacLeod, Jeffrey W ^a   Lawrence, Michael A ^b   McConnell, Meghan M ^a   Eskes, Gail A ^b   Klein, Raymond M ^b   Shore, David I ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ANT; Attention Network Test; Attention networks; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION NETWORK TEST; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; RESPONSE TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956541791     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019803     Document Type: Article

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