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Rapid naming tests: developmental course and relations with neuropsychological measures.
- Source :
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The Spanish journal of psychology [Span J Psychol] 2010 May; Vol. 13 (1), pp. 88-100. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- A Digits Rapid Automatized Naming (RAN) test and a Colors and Shapes Rapid Alternating Stimulus (RAS) test were administered to 904 Portuguese, normally achieving children (ages 7 to 15), in order to examine these tests scores developmental course. The results showed that the two tests have slightly different developmental trajectories. In addition, the two tests associations with a large number of neuropsychological measures were determined in three age groups (7-9 years, n = 301; 10-12 years, n = 299; 13-15 years, n = 304). The neuropsychological measures addressed attention/executive functions, motor behavior, verbal memory, visual memory and language. The results indicated that each one of the rapid naming tests brings into play not entirely coincident processes. Although, they converge in terms of their associations with language and attention measures, Colors and Shapes RAS test is more demanding in cognitive and linguistic terms. In addition, while Digits RAN test has little in common with short-term memory, Colors and Shapes RAS test relates moderately with short-term memory, due to the increased demands in terms of effort, access and retrieval of the phonological labels that correspond to the different stimuli categories. The need to differentiate between the two rapid naming tests is supported.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Age Factors
Attention
Child
Executive Function
Female
Humans
Male
Mental Recall
Phonetics
Portugal
Psychometrics statistics & numerical data
Recognition, Psychology
Reference Values
Reproducibility of Results
Semantics
Color Perception
Language Development
Neuropsychological Tests statistics & numerical data
Pattern Recognition, Visual
Reaction Time
Verbal Learning
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1138-7416
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- The Spanish journal of psychology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 20480680
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1138741600003693