Does the Cambridge Automated Neuropsychological Test Battery (CANTAB) Distinguish Between Cognitive Domains in Healthy Older Adults?

Megan E Lenehan; Mathew J Summers; Nichole L Saunders; Jeffery J Summers; James C Vickers

doi:10.1177/1073191115581474

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Does the Cambridge Automated Neuropsychological Test Battery (CANTAB) Distinguish Between Cognitive Domains in Healthy Older Adults?

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Does the Cambridge Automated Neuropsychological Test Battery (CANTAB) Distinguish Between Cognitive Domains in Healthy Older Adults?

Megan E Lenehan, Mathew J Summers, Nichole L Saunders, Jeffery J Summers and James C Vickers

Assessment, Vol.23(2), pp.163-172

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1073191115581474

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Abstract

Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery

aging

dementia

neuropsychological

measurement validity

confirmatory factor analysis

UniSC Diversity Area - Life Stages

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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Title: Does the Cambridge Automated Neuropsychological Test Battery (CANTAB) Distinguish Between Cognitive Domains in Healthy Older Adults?
Authors: Megan E Lenehan (Author) - University of Tasmania
Mathew J Summers (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Nichole L Saunders (Author) - University of Tasmania
Jeffery J Summers (Author) - University of Tasmania
James C Vickers (Author) - University of Tasmania
Publication details: Assessment, Vol.23(2), pp.163-172
Publisher: Sage Publications Inc.
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.1177/1073191115581474
ISSN: 1073-1911
Copyright note: Lenehan, Megan E; Summers, Mathew J; Saunders, Nichole L; Summers, Jeffery J; Vickers, James C, Does the Cambridge Automated Neuropsychological Test Battery (CANTAB) Distinguish Between Cognitive Domains in Healthy Older Adults?, Assessment (23:2) pp. 163-172. Copyright © 2016 Sage Publications Inc. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
Grants: The Healthy Brain Project: A prospective cohort study to examine how later-life university education may affect the trajectory of ageing-related cognitive decline, 1003645, National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia, Canberra) - NHMRC
Organisation Unit: School of Health; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health - Psychology; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449288002621
Output Type: Journal article

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