Sensitivity of certain standardised tests to executive attention functioning in seven-year-old children

Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 23-36

  Fuentes, Luis J ^a   González, Carmen ^b   Estévez, Angeles F ^a   Carranza, José A ^b   Daza, Mayte ^a   Galián, María D ^b   Álvarez, Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Counselling; Executive attention; Neuropsychological testing; Standardised tests; Stroop task; Trial Making Test; WISC R

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953288174     PISSN: 16995880     EISSN: 16962095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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