A cross-cultural study with culture fair normative indications on WAIS-III Digit Symbol-Incidental Learning

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 921-932

  Shuttleworth Edwards, Ann B ^a   Donnelly, Martin J R ^a   Reid, Iain ^a   Radloff, Sarah E ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOUTH AFRICA; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 9644281445     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390490370789     Document Type: Article

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