Testing the limits: cautions and concerns regarding the new Wechsler IQ and Memory scales.
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) are 2 of the most common psychological tests used in clinical care and research in neurology. Newly revised versions of both instruments (WAIS-IV and WMS-IV) have recently been published and are increasingly being adopt...
| Publicado en: | Neurology Vol. 74; no. 8; pp. 685 - 691 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
2/23/2010
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