Paced auditory serial addition test (PASAT): a very difficult test even for individuals with high intellectual capability

OBJECTIVE: To assess the difficulty of paced auditory serial addition test (PASAT) in a population of high intellectual level, under ideal cognitive testing circumstances. METHOD: One hundred medical students underwent PASAT testing. They had slept well the night before, they had eaten before the as...

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Main Authors: Joseph Bruno Bidin Brooks, Vinicius Oliveira Giraud, Youssef Jamal Saleh, Samuel Jose Rodrigues, Lucas Afonso Daia, Yara Dadalti Fragoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2011-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2011000400014&lng=en&tlng=en