Multivariate base rates of low scores on tests of learning and memory among Spanish speaking children

Date

2020

Authors

Benito Sánchez, Itziar
Ertl, Melissa M.
Ferrer Cascales, Rosario
Oltra Cucarella, Javier
Ibáñez Alfonso, Joaquín A.
Saracostti Schwartzman, Mahia
Soto Añari, Marcio
Cadavid Ruiz, Natalia

Director

Publisher

Taylor & Francis
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa

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Abstract

To determine the prevalence of low scores on two neuropsychological tests commonly used to evaluate learning and memory in children. 6,030 healthy children from 10 countries in Latin America and Spain were administered Rey–Osterrieth Complex Figure (ROCF) and the Test de Aprendizaje y Memoria Verbal–Infantil (TAMV-I). Results showed that low scores are common when multiple neuropsychological outcomes (tests and/or scores) are evaluated in healthy individuals. Clinicians should consider the higher probability of low scores in a given individual when evaluating learning and memory using various sets of scores to reduce false-positive diagnoses of cognitive deficits in pediatric populations.

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Keywords

Neuropsychology, Memory and learning test, Psychometrics, Diagnosis, Children

Department

Ciencias de la Salud / Osasun Zientziak

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