A novel clinical test of recognition reaction time in healthy adults

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 249-254

  Eckner, James T ^a   Richardson, James K ^a   Kim, Hogene ^b   Lipps, David B ^b   Ashton Miller, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Assessment; Executive function; Inhibition; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMERA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECISION GRIP; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; RECOGNITION REACTION TIME; AGING; EVALUATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; ILLUMINATION; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863103537     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025042     Document Type: Article

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