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| Are our neuropsychological tests nearing retirement or are there some ogres in the test cupboard needing to be dealt with? | | Author(s) | Neil Watson |
| Journal title | Faculty for the Psychology of Older People (FPOP) Newsletter, no 123, April 2013 |
| Publisher | British Psychological Society, April 2013 |
| Pages | pp 7-12 |
| Source | www.bps.org.uk |
| Keywords | Cognitive impairment ; Cognitive processes ; Evaluation ; Performance. |
| Annotation | Neuropsychological assessments are required for testing for the presence of cognitive impairments in older people, particularly assessing the cognitive functions of those who may be developing dementia. The author suggests that such tests will continue to be required; but he identifies four potential "ogres" that may affect their use: insufficient cultural reliability in normative data; insufficient breadth of age in normative data; test age and cohort changes; and how we compare data from different tests and the impact this has on how we interpret test result (notably use of percentiles and confidence interval data). (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130621200 A |
| Classmark | E4: DA: 4C: 5H |
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