Reaction time and rapid serial processing measures of information processing speed in multiple sclerosis: Complexity, compounding, and augmentation

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1113-1121

  Hughes, Abbey J ^a   Denney, Douglas R ^a   Lynch, Sharon G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune demyelinating diseases; Cognition; Cognitive aspects; Neuropsychological tests; Response time; Stroop Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455149721     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617711001135     Document Type: Article

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