Effort in college undergraduates is sufficient on the word memory test

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 609-613

  Santos, Octavio A ^a   Kazakov, Dmitriy ^a   Reamer, Mary K ^a   Park, Sydney E ^a   Osmon, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Effort; Performance validity tests; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911399866     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acu039     Document Type: Article

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