Assessment of executive functioning in childhood epilepsy: The Tower of London and BRIEF

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 404-415

  MacAllister, William S ^a   Bender, H Allison ^b   Whitman, Lindsay ^a   Welsh, Antoinette ^c   Keller, Shari ^d   Granader, Yael ^e   Sherman, Elisabeth M S ^f  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

BRIEF; Childhood; Epilepsy; Executive function; Tower of London

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; EPILEPSY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COGNITION; EPILEPSY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84862985329     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2011.613812     Document Type: Article

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