Abstract
The List Sorting Working Memory Test was designed to assess working memory (WM) as part of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery. List Sorting is a sequencing task requiring children and adults to sort and sequence stimuli that are presented visually and auditorily. Validation data are presented for 268 participants ages 20 to 85 years. A subset of participants (N=89) was retested 7 to 21 days later. As expected, the List Sorting Test had moderately high correlations with other measures of working memory and executive functioning (convergent validity) but a low correlation with a test of receptive vocabulary (discriminant validity). Furthermore, List Sorting demonstrates expected changes over the age span and has excellent test-retest reliability. Collectively, these results provide initial support for the construct validity of the List Sorting Working Memory Measure as a measure of working memory. However, the relationship between the List Sorting Test and general executive function has yet to be determined.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 599-610 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 2014 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Cognition
- Executive function
- Memory
- Neuropsychological tests
- Short-term
- Working memory
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Neuroscience
- Clinical Psychology
- Clinical Neurology
- Psychiatry and Mental health