Further Crossvalidation of Regression-Based Neuropsychological Norms with an Update for the Boston Naming Test

Heaton, Robert K.; Avitable, Nanci; Grant, Igor; Matthews, Charles G.

doi:10.1076/jcen.21.4.572.882

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“…Our data reveal a moderate effect of educational level, which may account at least in part for differences in total TYM scores between the current study and Brown et al [6] who did not report education-related data. Yet, educational level has been shown to be a significant variable in cognitive testing [35,36]. A large number of studies highlight the impact of literacy on cognitive performance, as it is measured by screening instruments, reporting lower scores with lower educational level in advanced age [37,38].…”

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Cultural Adaptation, Standardization and Clinical Validity of the Test Your Memory Dementia Screening Instrument in Greek

Iatraki¹,

Simos²,

Lionis³

et al. 2013

Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord

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Background/Aims: To adapt and standardize the Test Your Memory (TYM) dementia screening instrument in Greek. Methods: Normative data on the Greek version of the TYM were obtained from a community sample of 239 adults aged 21-92 years. Clinical validity was assessed in a cohort of 134 Neurology Clinic patients. Concurrent validity was examined through comparisons with the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Greek Everyday Function Scale. Results: Correlations between the TYM and the MMSE were 0.73 and 0.82 in the community and patient samples, respectively. Scores on both tests were moderately associated with everyday functional capacity. Using age- and education-corrected cutoff scores ranging from 26/50 to 45/50 points, the sensitivity of the TYM for Alzheimer's disease detection was found to be higher than that of the MMSE (0.82 vs. 0.70), although its specificity was lower (0.71 vs. 0.90). Conclusion: Findings are consistent with previous reports in a variety of cultural settings supporting the potential utility of the TYM as a dementia screening tool.

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Cultural Adaptation, Standardization and Clinical Validity of the Test Your Memory Dementia Screening Instrument in Greek

Iatraki¹,

Simos²,

Lionis³

et al. 2013

Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord

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“…was administered several additional tests to further document his cognitive abilities. He showed anomia on the Boston Naming Test (Kaplan et al, 1983) on which he correctly named only 34 of 60 objects without cueing (T 5 16; Heaton et al, 1999), although he named an additional 16 items with phonetic cues. He was able to provide accurate verbal descriptions of all objects that he was unable to name (e.g., igloo: "made of snow, Eskimo live in it"; abacus: "used for counting in ancient times"), indicating that he recognized the objects perceptually and had access to related semantic information.…”

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Temporal processing deficits in letter-by-letter reading

Ingles

Eskes

2006

J. Inter. Neuropsych. Soc.

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Theories of the cognitive impairment underlying letter-by-letter reading vary widely, including prelexical and lexical level deficits. One prominent prelexical account proposes that the disorder results from difficulty in processing multiple letters simultaneously. We investigated whether this deficit extends to letters presented in rapid temporal succession. A letter-by-letter reader, G.M., was administered a rapid serial visual presentation task that has been used widely to study the temporal processing characteristics of the normal visual system. Comparisons were made to a control group of 6 brain-damaged individuals without reading deficits. Two target letters were embedded at varying temporal positions in a stream of rapidly presented single digits. After each stream, the identities of the two letters were reported. G.M. required an extended period of time after he had processed one letter before he was able to reliably identify a second letter, relative to the controls. In addition, G.M.'s report of the second letter was most impaired when it immediately followed the first letter, a pattern not seen in the controls, indicating that G.M. had difficulty processing the two items together. These data suggest that a letter-by-letter reading strategy may be adopted to help compensate for a deficit in the temporal processing of letters.

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“…18 This normative set has poor representation of individuals over 54 years old or individuals with less than a high school education; consequently, for individuals over 54, alternative published normative data were used. [19][20][21][22] Normative data for the RCF were taken from alternative published norms for individuals over 59 and the main MACS normative set for individuals under 60. 23 Normative data for the CalCap and Odd Man Out have not been reported for individuals over 54 years old; thus utility of these scores was minimized among this age group.…”

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