Conceptual abilities of children with mild intellectual disability: Analysis of Wisconsin Card Sorting Test performance

Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-140

  Gligorović, Milica ^a   Buha, Nataša ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Ability to vary conceptual patterns; Cognitive flexibility; Conceptual abilities; Executive functions; Mild intellectual disability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SERBIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERBIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84877801208     PISSN: 13668250     EISSN: 14699532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13668250.2013.772956     Document Type: Article

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