The ecological validity of clinical tests of visuospatial function in community-dwelling older adults

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 728-738

  Farley, Kathryn L ^a   Higginson, Christopher I ^a   Sherman, Martin F ^a   MacDougall, Elizabeth ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Elderly geriatrics aging; Everyday functioning; Perception spatial processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857614110     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acr069     Document Type: Article

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