TY - JOUR
T1 - NIH toolbox cognition battery (CB)
T2 - Measuring executive function and attention
AU - Zelazo, Philip David
AU - Anderson, Jacob E.
AU - Richler, Jennifer
AU - Wallner-Allen, Kathleen
AU - Beaumont, Jennifer L.
AU - Weintraub, Sandra
PY - 2013/8
Y1 - 2013/8
N2 - In this chapter, we discuss two measures designed to assess executive function (EF) as part of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery (CB) and report pediatric data from the validation study. EF refers to the goal-directed cognitive control of thought, action, and emotion. Two measures were adapted for standardized computer administration: the Dimensional Change Card Sort (a measure of cognitive flexibility) and a flanker task (a measure of inhibitory control in the context of selective visual attention). Results reveal excellent developmental sensitivity across childhood, excellent reliability, and (in most cases) excellent convergent validity. Correlations between the new NIH Toolbox measures and age were higher for younger children (3-6 years) than for older children (8-15 years), and evidence of increasing differentiation of EF from other aspects of cognition (indexed by receptive vocabulary) was obtained.
AB - In this chapter, we discuss two measures designed to assess executive function (EF) as part of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery (CB) and report pediatric data from the validation study. EF refers to the goal-directed cognitive control of thought, action, and emotion. Two measures were adapted for standardized computer administration: the Dimensional Change Card Sort (a measure of cognitive flexibility) and a flanker task (a measure of inhibitory control in the context of selective visual attention). Results reveal excellent developmental sensitivity across childhood, excellent reliability, and (in most cases) excellent convergent validity. Correlations between the new NIH Toolbox measures and age were higher for younger children (3-6 years) than for older children (8-15 years), and evidence of increasing differentiation of EF from other aspects of cognition (indexed by receptive vocabulary) was obtained.
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U2 - 10.1111/mono.12032
DO - 10.1111/mono.12032
M3 - Article
C2 - 23952200
AN - SCOPUS:84882266933
SN - 0037-976X
VL - 78
SP - 16
EP - 33
JO - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development
JF - Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development
IS - 4
ER -