The Working Memory Questionnaire: A scale to assess everyday life problems related to deficits of working memory in brain injured patients

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 634-649

  Vallat Azouvi, Claire ^a,b   Pradat Diehl, Pascale ^b,c   Azouvi, Philippe ^a,b,d  

^a RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological assessment; Stroke; Traumatic brain injury; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GLASGOW OUTCOME SCALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STROKE;

EID: 84865240409     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2012.681110     Document Type: Article

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