Abstract

PINO MELGAREJO, MARIANA. ADOLESCENT COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE WITH HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS BASED ON MENTAL FLEXIBILITY ASSESSMENT TESTS. Psicogente [online]. 2015, vol.18, n.33, pp.157-165. ISSN 0124-0137.  https://doi.org/10.17081/psico.18.33.63.

Taking into consideration that Human Immunodefiency Virus (VIH) affect mental flexibility as earlier an individual have been infected with the virus, this research article aims to analyze and compare mental flexibility in 30 individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (VIH) aged between 12 and 14 and 30 individuasl without virus. Trail Making Test and Graphical Alternant Series Test were applied and in order to analyze the data descriptive statistic tests were used. Re-sults showed seropositive individual perform normal compared with those ones with VIH within individual variability.

Keywords : Adolescence; Mental flexibility; Performed functions; Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

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