Do neuropsychological tests have the same meaning in spanish speakers as they do in english speakers?

Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 402-411

  Siedlecki, Karen L ^a   Manly, Jennifer J ^b   Brickman, Adam M ^b   Schupf, Nicole ^a,b   Tang, Ming Xin ^b   Stern, Yaakov ^a,b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Cross cultural; Measurement invariance; Neuropsychology; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPAIN; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77952911674     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017515     Document Type: Article

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