Do administration instructions alter optimal neuropsychological test performance? data from healthy volunteers

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-19

  Etherton, Joseph L ^a   Axelrod, Bradley N ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

measurement; test administration; test taking; test validity; testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871251641     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084282.2012.670152     Document Type: Article

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