Development and use of a computerized test, MATH-CPT, to asess attention

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-74

  Luf, Dubi ^a   Fichman, Nadav ^a  

^a Yezreel Valley College   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MATHEMATICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861403656     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/08.11.22.PMS.114.1.59-74     Document Type: Article

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