The Computerized test of information processing (CTIP) Offers an alternative to the PASAT for assessing cognitive processing speed in individuals with multiple sclerosis

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 192-198

  Tombaugh, Tom N ^a   Berrigan, Lindsay I ^a   Walker, Lisa A S ^b   Freedman, Mark S ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adjusting PASAT; Computerized Test of Information Processing; CTIP; information processing speed; multiple sclerosis; PASAT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTERIZED ADAPTIVE TESTING; COMPUTERIZED TEST OF INFORMATION PROCESSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PACED AUDITORY SERIAL ADDITION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957570782     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e3181cc8bd4     Document Type: Article

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