| The case for the development and use of "ecologically valid" measures of executive function in experimental and clinical neuropsychology (2006) | |||||||||
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| Journal the International Neuropsychological Society Copyright INS Published Cambridge University Press Printed the USA DOI SYMPOSIUM The case for the development and use ecologically valid measures executive function experimental and clinical neuropsychology PAUL BURGESS NICK ALDERMAN CATRIN FORBES ANGELA COSTELLO LAURE COATES DEIRDRE DAWSON NICOLE ANDERSON SAM GILBERT IROISE DUMONTHEIL and SHELLEY CHANNON Institute Cognitive Neuroscience University College London London Department University College London London Kemsley National Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre Andrew Hospital Northampton Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care Toronto Ontario Canada Neuroscience Unit King College Healthcare Trust London Institute Psychiatry University London London Dept Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science Graduate Dept Rehabilitation Sciences University Toronto Canada Department Psychology University Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada Psychology Received May Final Revision August Accepted September Abstract This article considers the scientific process whereby new and better clinical tests executive function might developed and what form they might take argue that many the traditional tests executive function most commonly use the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test Stroop are adaptations procedures that emerged almost coincidentally from conceptual and experimental frameworks far removed from those currently favour and that the prolongation their use has | |||||||||
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