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Does the Cambridge Automated Neuropsychological Test Battery (CANTAB) distinguish between cognitive domains in healthy older adults?

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posted on 2023-05-18, 14:41 authored by Lenehan, ME, Mathew SummersMathew Summers, Saunders, NL, Jeffery SummersJeffery Summers, James VickersJames Vickers
The Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) is a semiautomated computer interface for assessing cognitive function. We examined whether CANTAB tests measured specific cognitive functions, using established neuropsychological tests as a reference point. A sample of 500 healthy older (M = 60.28 years, SD = 6.75) participants in the Tasmanian Healthy Brain Project completed battery of CANTAB subtests and standard paper-based neuropsychological tests. Confirmatory factor analysis identified four factors: processing speed, verbal ability, episodic memory, and working memory. However, CANTAB tests did not consistently load onto the cognitive domain factors derived from traditional measures of the same function. These results indicate that five of the six CANTAB subtests examined did not load onto single cognitive functions. These CANTAB tests may lack the sensitivity to measure discrete cognitive functions in healthy populations or may measure other cognitive domains not included in the traditional neuropsychological battery.

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Publication title

Assessment

Volume

23

Pagination

163-172

ISSN

1073-1911

Department/School

Wicking Dementia Research Education Centre

Publisher

Sage Publications Inc

Place of publication

United States

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© The Author(s) 2015

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  • Restricted

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