The Wechsler Test of Adult Reading as a Measure of Premorbid Intelligence Following Traumatic Brain Injury
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Since its publication in 1982, the National Adult Reading Test (NART; Revised Version, NART-R) has become a widely accepted method for estimating premorbid levels of intelligence in neuropsychological research. However, the assumption that NART/NART-R performance is relatively independent of brain damage has been increasingly challenged in recent years. In a number of conditions, including Alzh...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0887-6177,1873-5843
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acw081