Ecological Validity of Traditional Neuropsychological Tests
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چکیده
..........................................................................................................................................2 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................3 The Role of Neuropsychology..................................................................................................3 Ecological Validity ...................................................................................................................3 Neuropsychological Assessment and TBI ...........................................................................4 Neuropsychological Assessment and Dementia ..................................................................5 Issues with Neuropsychological Assessment .......................................................................6 Past Research ............................................................................................................................8 Current Study ...........................................................................................................................9 Hypotheses .............................................................................................................................10 Methods .........................................................................................................................................10 Participants .............................................................................................................................10 Measures .................................................................................................................................11 Delayed Verbal Memory....................................................................................................11 Executive Functioning .......................................................................................................12 Functional Ability ..............................................................................................................12 Procedures ..............................................................................................................................13 Statistical Analyses .................................................................................................................13 Results ...........................................................................................................................................14 Confirmatory Factor Analysis ................................................................................................14 Correlational Analyses ...........................................................................................................15 Multiple Regression Analyses ................................................................................................17 Discussion......................................................................................................................................21 Appendix A ...................................................................................................................................24 References .....................................................................................................................................25 ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY 2
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