Performance of non-neurological older adults on the wisconsin card sorting test and the stroop color-word test: Normal variability or cognitive impairment?

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 398-405

  Gunner, Jessica H ^a   Miele, Andrea S ^a   Lynch, Julie K ^b   McCaffrey, Robert J ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ALBANY NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Base rate; Cut off for impairment; Defining abnormality; Executive functions; Non neurological; Normal cognitive variability; Older adults; Stroop Color Word Test; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863184444     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acs047     Document Type: Article

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