Stroop effects in persons with traumatic brain injury: Selective attention, speed of processing, or color-naming? A meta-analysis

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 354-363

  Ben David, Boaz M ^a,b   Nguyen, Linh L T ^a   Van Lieshout, Pascal H H M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Color perception; Executive function; Head injury; Information processing; Selective attention; Stroop

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLOR VISION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; STROOP TEST;

ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COLOR PERCEPTION; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; NAMES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST;

EID: 79959518041     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135561771000175X     Document Type: Article

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