The oral trail making test: Effects of age and concurrent validity

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 236-243

  Mrazik, Marty ^a   Millis, Scott ^b   Drane, Daniel L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive tests; Neuropsychological assessment; Neuropsychology; Normative data; Trail Making Tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRAIL MAKING TEST; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77957651973     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acq006     Document Type: Article

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