Normative performance on an executive clock drawing task (CLOX) in a community-dwelling sample of older adults

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 610-617

  Crowe, Michael ^a   Allman, Richard M ^a,b   Triebel, Kristen ^c   Sawyer, Patricia ^a   Martin, Roy C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Birmingham/Atlanta VA Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Clock drawing test; Normative data; Older adults; Reading ability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958570364     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acq047     Document Type: Article

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