The use of the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) in neuropsychological assessment: Application in Brazilian research with control children and adults with neurological disorders.

Roque, Daniela Tsubota; Teixeira, Rosaní Aparecida Antunes; Zachi, Elaine Cristina; Ventura, Dora Fix

doi:10.3922/j.psns.2011.2.011

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“…Alzheimer's disease (Saunders & Summers, 2010), epilepsy (Torgersen et al, 2012), ADHD (Gau & Shang, 2010), Down syndrome (Edgin et al, 2010), and various central nervous system diseases (Roque et al, 2011) and on the basis of clinical cut-off scores in those with epilepsy (Torgersen et al, 2012). However, as CANTAB tests were not specifically designed with the purpose of measuring discrete cognitive functions, it is not surprising that not all of the tests included in the current battery coalesce with the cognitive domains from a traditional battery.…”

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“…Tests can be run individually or in a customisable battery to enable users to test a series of participants on a set sequence of tests (Cambridge Cognition Ltd, 2012). The CANTAB has been utilised extensively in the study of various populations, including those with schizophrenia (Levaux et al, 2007), Parkinson's disease (Foltynie, Brayne, Robbins, & Barker, 2004), Huntington's disease , frontal and temporal lobe excisions (Owen, Roberts, Polkey, Sahakian, & Robbins, 1991) and normal functioning adults (De Luca, Wood, Anderson, & Buchanan, 2003;Robbins et al, 1998) The construct validity of CANTAB has been largely based upon the ability of test measures to discriminate between normal adults and various clinical populations, including mild cognitive impairment (Klekociuk, Summers, Vickers, & Summers, 2014;Saunders & Summers, 2010), Alzheimer's disease (Saunders & Summers, 2010), epilepsy (Torgersen, Johan, Hans, Bernt, & Arne, 2012), ADHD (Gau & Shang, 2010) and various central nervous system diseases (Roque, Teixeira, Zachi, & Ventura, 2011). Despite its widespread application and ability to discriminate between clinical and normal functioning groups, the association between established neuropsychological measures and CANTAB components remains under-researched.…”

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

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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, SD = 6.75 years of age) 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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“…A study using CANTAB was also conducted with Brazilian children. Roque et al (2011) presented students aged 6-11 years with visual memory and executive function tasks. They reported an association between cognitive development and the children's chronological age.…”

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“…The Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery system (CANTAB) was chosen since the tasks can mostly be administered nonverbally, reducing language and cultural influences (Roque et al 2011). CANTAB was applicable to our participants since it contains normative data for children.…”

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Causes of academic and behavioral difficulties among Japanese-Brazilian students: cognitive, linguistic and parental education factors

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2015

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As in other countries with large immigrant populations, in Japan there is increasing interest in students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds who experience learning and behavioral difficulties in the classroom. The causes of the problems have not been identified owing to a lack of appropriate and comparable assessments. In this study we focused on Japanese-Brazilian elementary school students, the largest ethnic minority group of students in Japan, and explored whether evaluation of their learning and behavior is influenced by the following aspects: language proficiency, cognitive capacity and family environment. We conducted a set of tasks to assess the students' vocabulary and syntactic development in Japanese and Portuguese, and to evaluate their executive functions as an indicator of nonverbal cognitive development. Questionnaires were administered to teachers and parents in order to gain information about the children's classroom performance and family environment, such as parents' educational background and place of birth. Three key findings from our data include the following. (1) Some students in mainstream classrooms were 'at-risk' in their level of cognitive capacity. (2) Even among those with typical cognitive capacity, academic performance and classroom behavior were still rated lower than at grade level for the native population. (3) Teachers' ratings of the two aspects were associated with different factors: low academic performance was significantly influenced by poor working memory, while problematic behavior was affected by Japanese grammatical skill and father's educational background. This study used quantitative data to confirm that clear information about students' linguistic, cognitive and environmental profiles, could be used to ensure that appropriate support is provided to students experiencing difficulties.

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Measuring Goal Setting in School-Aged Children: Studying the Effects of Demographic Variables in Regression-Based Norms

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Hurks

Elst

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The aim of the study was to establish demographically representative norms for tasks measuring goal setting, and more specifically planning and reasoning in children. Three tasks were administered to n = 195 Ukrainian children aged 5.10 to 14.5 years old: the Spatial Working Memory (SWM), the Stockings of Cambridge (SOC) test, and the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT). Main outcome per test was accuracy: i.e., the total number correct for the SOC and NNAT, and the total amount of incorrect responses for the SWM. Correlations among accuracy measures varied from − 0.51 to 0.60, indicating these tasks measure related but at the same time unique constructs. Higher age was associated with more accurate test performances on all outcome measures. On the NNAT, we found a curvilinear association between age and accuracy, indicating that younger children's NNAT accuracy scores increased more with age compared with older children. We found a cubic age effect on accuracy for the SWM and SOC: i.e., test scores were relatively stable at younger and older ages, with a curvilinear increase in test scores in the other age groups. Demographically corrected norms were calculated and presented per test. These indicated that sex was not associated with accuracy scores on any of the tests. Last, a higher level of parental education (LPE) was associated with higher accuracy scores, but only on the NNAT. We conclude that demographic variables in norm analyses enhance insight in the scores and allow for application in clinical settings and research.

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The use of the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) in neuropsychological assessment: Application in Brazilian research with control children and adults with neurological disorders.

Cited by 41 publications

References 65 publications

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

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

Causes of academic and behavioral difficulties among Japanese-Brazilian students: cognitive, linguistic and parental education factors

Measuring Goal Setting in School-Aged Children: Studying the Effects of Demographic Variables in Regression-Based Norms

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