NIH EXAMINER: Conceptualization and development of an executive function battery

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-19

  Kramer, Joel H ^a,d   Mungas, Dan ^b   Possin, Katherine L ^a   Rankin, Katherine P ^a   Boxer, Adam L ^a   Rosen, Howard J ^a   Bostrom, Alan ^a   Sinha, Lena ^a   Berhel, Ashley ^a   Widmeyer, Mary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive control; fluency; item response theory; planning; social cognition; working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891061203     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617713001094     Document Type: Article

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