Sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of the BADS to anterior executive dysfunction

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-25

  Emmanouel, Anna ^a,b   Kessels, Roy P C ^c,d,e   Mouza, Eirini ^a   Fasotti, Luciano ^b,f  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Cognition and Behaviour ^*  (Greece)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VINCENT VAN GOGH INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRY   (Netherlands)

^f Rehabilitation Medical Centre Groot Klimmendaal   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Ecological validity; Executive functioning; Frontal lobes; Neuropsychological assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

EID: 84893681321     PISSN: 09602011     EISSN: 14640694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2013.863731     Document Type: Article

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