Effects of socio-demographic variables on performance on the Cambridge neuropsychological automated tests for the assessment of dementia and Portuguese norms for older adults living in retirement homes

Gonçalves, MartaPinho, Maria SalomeSimões, M. R.2019-03-012019-03-012016Clinical Neuropsychologist, 30(sup), 1395-1428 Doi: 10.1080/13854046.2016.115674513854046http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/6936This study aimed to analyze the effects of age, education, gender, computer experience, institutionalization time, and psychotropic drug use on performance on four tests of the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) which are recommended for the assessment of dementia (Rapid Visual Information Processing [RVP], Paired Associates Learning [PAL], Spatial Working Memory [SWM], and Reaction Time [RTI]), and to provide norms for Portuguese older persons without neuropsychiatric diagnoses who are living in retirement homes.engAgedAged, 80 and overComputersDementiaFemaleHomes for the agedHumansMaleMental processesNeuropsychological testsPaired-Associate learningPortugalReaction timeReference valuesSocioeconomic factorsSpatial memoryVisual perceptionEffects of socio-demographic variables on performance on the Cambridge neuropsychological automated tests for the assessment of dementia and Portuguese norms for older adults living in retirement homesjournal article10.1080/13854046.2016.1156745