The Relationship Between Processing Speed and Working Memory Demand in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Evidence From a Visual N-Back Task

Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-52

  Shucard, Janet L ^a   Lee, Wing H ^a   Safford, Ashley S ^a   Shucard, David W ^a  

^a JACOBS NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Information processing speed; N back task; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751627805     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021218     Document Type: Article

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