An initial validation of the Virtual Reality Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test in a college sample

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 222, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-23

  Parsons, Thomas D ^a   Courtney, Christopher G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological validity; Neuropsychological assessment; Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test; Virtual environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COLLEGE; COMPUTER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PACED AUDITORY SERIAL ADDITION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; PACED AUDITORY SERIAL ADDITION TEST; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887775887     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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