A preliminary assessment of the reliability and validity of a computerized working memory task

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 368-381

  Lovato, Nicole ^a   Lack, Leon ^a   Wright, Helen ^a   Kemps, Eva ^a   Cant, Megan ^a   Humphreys, Joanne ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STANDARD; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 84880944885     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/22.24.PMS.116.2.368-381     Document Type: Article

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