Reliability of working memory assessment in neurocognitive disorders: A study of the Digit Span and Corsi Block-Tapping tasks

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 262-263

  de Paula, Jonas J ^a,b   Malloy Diniz, Leandro F ^a   Romano Silva, Marco A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Mater Dei   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; CORSI BLOCK TAPPING TEST; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISORDERS OF HIGHER CEREBRAL FUNCTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETTER; MEMORY ASSESSMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; WORKING MEMORY; AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84984633096     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2015-1879     Document Type: Letter

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