Does a third party observer affect neuropsychological test performance? It depends

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 520-541

  Eastvold, Angela D ^a   Belanger, Heather G ^b,c,e   Vanderploeg, Rodney D ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b James A Haley VA ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Social facilitation; Social inhibition; Third party observer; TPO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSERVATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVATION; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL FACILITATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84860460315     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2012.663000     Document Type: Article

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