Repeated measurement of the attention components of patients with multiple sclerosis using the Attention Network Test-Interaction (ANT-I): Stability, isolability, robustness, and reliability

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Ishigami, Yoko ^a   Fisk, John D ^a   Wojtowicz, Magdalena ^a   Klein, Raymond M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alerting; ANT; Attention Network Test; Executive control; Multiple sclerosis; Neuropsychological tests; Orienting; Repeated testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION NETWORK TEST; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84877316558     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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