Construct validity and extended normative data for older adults for the brief visuospatial memory test, revised

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 601-606

  Kane, Katherine D ^a   Yochim, Brian P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BVMT R; normative; older adults; validity; visual memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BRIEF VISUOSPATIAL MEMORY TEST REVISED; CALIFORNIA VERBAL LEARNING TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DELIS KAPLAN EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SYSTEM; DELIS KAPLAN EXECUTIVE FUNCTION SYSTEM VERBAL FLUENCY TEST; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT BATTERY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SPATIAL MEMORY TEST; VISUAL MEMORY; WORD LIST RECALL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; LEARNING; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84911149175     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317514524812     Document Type: Article

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