Normative data for the pyramids and palm trees test in the quebec-french population

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 212-217

  Callahan, Brandy L ^a   Macoir, Joël ^a,b,e   Hudon, Carol ^a,b   Bier, Nathalie ^a,b   Chouinard, Nancy ^a   Cossette Harvey, Mélissa ^a   Daigle, Nathalie ^a   Fradette, Catherine ^a   Gagnon, Lise ^c   Potvin, Olivier ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d HÔPITAL CHARLES LEMOYNE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult; French Canadian; Neuropsychological tests; Normative data; Percentiles; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUEBEC; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 77957689417     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acq013     Document Type: Article

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