BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The simple verbal analogies test (SVAT) is a short neuropsychological task requiring few minutes of administration that explores inductive verbal abstract thinking. It already showed a good specificity and sensitivity in discriminating normal controls from probable Alzheimer's disease patients. Verbal working memory, semantic knowledge and memory and word-finding ability are also involved in performing analogies. The aim of this study is to provide the normative values of this test in a sample of normal controls and corrections of raw scores and equivalent scores. METHODS AND RESULTS: We determined the normative values of SVAT in a sample of 424 normal controls to provide corrections of raw scores and equivalent scores. CONCLUSIONS: SVAT is a useful test to assess executive functions, working memory and to discriminate between cognitive deterioration and normal aging.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The simple verbal analogies test (SVAT) is a short neuropsychological task requiring few minutes of administration that explores inductive verbal abstract thinking. It already showed a good specificity and sensitivity in discriminating normal controls from probable Alzheimer's diseasepatients. Verbal working memory, semantic knowledge and memory and word-finding ability are also involved in performing analogies. The aim of this study is to provide the normative values of this test in a sample of normal controls and corrections of raw scores and equivalent scores. METHODS AND RESULTS: We determined the normative values of SVAT in a sample of 424 normal controls to provide corrections of raw scores and equivalent scores. CONCLUSIONS: SVAT is a useful test to assess executive functions, working memory and to discriminate between cognitive deterioration and normal aging.
Authors: Katherine A Gifford; Dandan Liu; Jacquelyn E Neal; Lealani Mae Y Acosta; Susan P Bell; Margaret E Wiggins; Kristi M Wisniewski; Mary Godfrey; Laura A Logan; Timothy J Hohman; Kimberly R Pechman; David J Libon; Kaj Blennow; Henrik Zetterberg; Angela L Jefferson Journal: Assessment Date: 2018-05-29
Authors: Katherine A Gifford; Dandan Liu; Jacquelyn E Neal; Michelle A Babicz; Jennifer L Thompson; Lily E Walljasper; Margaret E Wiggins; Maxim Turchan; Kimberly R Pechman; Katie E Osborn; Lealani Mae Y Acosta; Susan P Bell; Timothy J Hohman; David J Libon; Kaj Blennow; Henrik Zetterberg; Angela L Jefferson Journal: Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra Date: 2018-12-06