Working memory assessment: Construct validity of the Brown-Peterson Test.
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Working Memory Assessment : Construct Validity of the Brown - Peterson Test
The classical Brown-Peterson task is generally supposed to assess working memory capacities. To date, however, the construct validity of the task remains mostly unexamined. In this context, the aim of the present study was to demonstrate the convergent and the divergent validity as well as the clinical and the developmental sensitivity of a computerized version of the Brown-Peterson test. A gro...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1879-2669,0008-400X
DOI: 10.1037/cbs0000057