Construct validity of the Trail Making Test: Role of task-switching, working memory, inhibition/interference control, and visuomotor abilities

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

• Publication date

  2009-05-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1017/S1355617709090626PMID 19402930
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