scholarly journals Acculturation, Reading Level, and Neuropsychological Test Performance Among African American Elders

2015 ◽  
pp. 37-46
Author(s):  
Jennifer J. Manly ◽  
Desiree A. Byrd ◽  
Pegah Touradji ◽  
Yaakov Stern
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Neuropsychological Test ◽  
Reading Level

scholarly journals Reading level attenuates differences in neuropsychological test performance between African American and White elders

2002 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
JENNIFER J. MANLY ◽  
DIANE M. JACOBS ◽  
PEGAH TOURADJI ◽  
SCOTT A. SMALL ◽  
YAAKOV STERN
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Neuropsychological Test ◽  
Word List ◽  
Reading Level ◽  
Cognitive Test ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Wide Range

The current study sought to determine if discrepancies in quality of education could explain differences in cognitive test scores between African American and White elders matched on years of education. A comprehensive neuropsychological battery was administered to a sample of African American and non-Hispanic White participants in an epidemiological study of normal aging and dementia in the Northern Manhattan community. All participants were diagnosed as nondemented by a neurologist, and had no history of Parkinson's disease, stroke, mental illness, or head injury. The Reading Recognition subtest from the Wide Range Achievement Test–Version 3 was used as an estimate of quality of education. A MANOVA revealed that African American elders obtained significantly lower scores than Whites on measures of word list learning and memory, figure memory, abstract reasoning, fluency, and visuospatial skill even though the groups were matched on years of education. However, after adjusting the scores for WRAT–3 reading score, the overall effect of race was greatly reduced and racial differences on all tests (except category fluency and a drawing measure) became nonsignificant. These findings suggest that years of education is an inadequate measure of the educational experience among multicultural elders, and that adjusting for quality of education may improve the specificity of certain neuropsychological measures. (JINS, 2002, 8, 341–348.)

scholarly journals Acculturation, Reading Level, and Neuropsychological Test Performance Among African American Elders

2004 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer J. Manly ◽  
Desiree A. Byrd ◽  
Pegah Touradji ◽  
Yaakov Stern
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Neuropsychological Test ◽  
Reading Level

Effects of age, education, and gender on cerad neuropsychological test performance in an african American sample

1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick W. Unverzagt ◽  
Kathleen S. Hall ◽  
Alexia M. Torke ◽  
Jeff D. Rediger ◽  
Nenette Mercado ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Neuropsychological Test ◽  
American Sample ◽  
African American Sample ◽  
And Gender

Stereotype Threat and Neuropsychological Test Performance in the U.S. African American Population

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur L Whaley
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Stereotype Threat ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Neuropsychological Test ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Nonparametric Test ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Group Classification ◽  
Cross Sectional

Abstract Objective This cross-sectional study tested stereotype threat theory using the Modified-Symbol Digit Modalities Test (M-SDMT), a neurocognitive test, with the African American subsample (N = 3570) of the National Survey of American Life. The primary hypothesis is that those classified as experiencing stereotype threat will achieve the lowest scores. Method African American respondents who perceived race as a barrier to life goals and scored above the median in endorsement of negative racial stereotypes were classified as experiencing stereotype threat. M-SDMT scores were regressed on threat group classification with adjustments for gender, age, income, and education. Nonparametric test of the effect sizes for threat group classification versus demographic variables was also conducted. Results The stereotype threat group obtained statistically significantly lower M-SDMT scores than the no threat group. However, the stereotype threat effect became nonsignificant in regression analyses adjusted for demographic variables. The nonparametric test revealed a statistically significantly larger average effect size for demographic variables than threat group classification. Conclusion The relatively less influential role of stereotype threat than other biological and social factors limit its explanatory power for racial disparities in neuropsychological test performance among African Americans.

scholarly journals Neuropsychological test performance in African-American* and white patients with Alzheimer's disease

Neurology ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 45 (12) ◽  
pp. 2207-2211 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.A. Welsh ◽  
G. Fillenbaum ◽  
W. Wilkinson ◽  
A. Heyman ◽  
R.C. Mohs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
African American ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Neuropsychological Test ◽  
White Patients

Diabetes-Related Neuropsychological Test Performance in Urban African American Adults

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pegah Touradji ◽  
Rachel Firestone ◽  
Samuel Zorowitz ◽  
Priya Palta ◽  
Charles Jonassaint ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Neuropsychological Test ◽  
African American Adults
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