Research article summary (published 30 Jul 2002):

The Tower of London spatial problem-solving task: enhancing clinical and research implementation.

Full Abstract

Since its development in 1982, The Tower of London (TOL; Shallice, 1982) spatial problem-solving task has been increasingly employed in test batteries of executive functions. This task has served as a rich source of information on preparation, planning and processing, but a number of issues remain unaddressed in the literature:
(1) the problem structure, or problem space of the task, (2) the impact of modifications from the original, Shallice TOL, and (3) the variety of performance measures that can be derived from the TOL. We present here an overview of these issues in the hope that it may lead to a more effective and reasoned use of the TOL task by clinical and nonclinical investigators, alike.

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Author information

Author/s: Keith Berg, W (W); Byrd, Dana (D);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2250, USA. Berg(-atsign-)psych.ufl.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article

Journal: Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology (J Clin Exp Neuropsychol), published in Netherlands. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Aug; vol 24 (issue 5) : pp 586-604

Dates: Created 2002/08/20; Completed 2002/11/15; Revised 2008/04/14;

PMID: 12187443, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Cognition - physiology Humans Neuropsychological Tests - standards Problem Solving - classification Psychology, Clinical - methods; standards

Psychology, Clinical - methods; standards Reference Standards Reproducibility of Results Space Perception - physiology Task Performance and Analysis

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