Regression-based pediatric norms for the brief visuospatial memory test - Revised and the symbol digit modalities test

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 402-412

  Smerbeck, A M ^a,b   Parrish, J ^a,b   Yeh, E A ^a,b   Hoogs, M ^a,b   Krupp, Lauren B ^c   Weinstock Guttman, B ^a,b   Benedict, R H B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brief Visuospatial Memory Test Revised; BVMTR; Multiple regression; Multiple sclerosis; Normative data; Psychometrics; SDMT; Symbol Digit Modalities Test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PEDIATRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 79957800988     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2011.554445     Document Type: Article

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