The pillbox test: An ecological measure of executive functioning and estimate of medication management abilities

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 307-319

  Zartman, Andrea L ^a   Hilsabeck, Robin C ^b,c   Guarnaccia, Charles A ^a   Houtz, Andrew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d Cognitive Solutions ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Executive functions; Test construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879128824     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/act014     Document Type: Article

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