Can maintaining cognitive function at 65 years old predict successful ageing 6 years later? The PROOF study

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karine Castro-Lionard ◽  
Catherine Thomas-Antérion ◽  
Emilie Crawford-Achour ◽  
Isabelle Rouch ◽  
Béatrice Trombert-Paviot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Successful Ageing ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Benton Visual Retention Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence

Abstract Background: preservation of cognitive abilities is required to have a good quality of life. The predictive value of cognitive functioning at 65 years old on successful ageing 6 years later is not established. Methods: nine hundred and seventy-six questionnaires were sent by mail to a sample of healthy and voluntary French pensioners. Successful ageing was defined through health status and well-being. Cognitive abilities had been assessed 6 years earlier according to an objective method (Free and Cued Selective Recall Reminding Test (FCSRT), the Benton visual retention test and the similarities subtest of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised) and a subjective one (Goldberg's anxiety scale, Mac Nair's scale and a Visual Analogue Scale to evaluate memory abilities change in the last 5 years). Results: six hundred and eighty-six questionnaires could be analysed. The mean age was 72.9 ± 1.2 years old with 59% of women and 99% lived at home. Well-being was negatively correlated with the FCSRT (r = −0.08, P = 0.0318) but positively related with the Benton (r = 0.09, P = 0.0125) and the similarities tests (r = 0.09, P = 0.0118). There is a negative correlation between anxious and cognitive complaints measured at baseline, and successful ageing indicators 6 years later. Conclusion: preservation of cognitive abilities at the age of retirement can predict a successful ageing 6 years later. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00759304.

scholarly journals A-196 BVRT Copy and Memory Trial Omission Errors Are Associated With Working Memory and Auditory Comprehension Deficits

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 991-991
Author(s):  
Vickery A ◽  
Moses J ◽  
Boese A ◽  
Maciel R ◽  
Lyu J
Keyword(s):  
Verbal Fluency ◽  
Digit Span ◽  
Spoken Language ◽  
Auditory Comprehension ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Benton Visual Retention Test ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence ◽  
Omission Errors

Abstract Objective The goal of this study is to examine the cognitive factors that account for omission errors on the Benton Visual Retention Test (BVRT) copy and memory trials using factorial indices based on raw subtest scores of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III (WAIS-III) and the Multilingual Aphasia Examination (MAE). Method Participants were referred for assessment at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System. One hundred and forty-three participants were sampled. BVRT omission error scores for the copy and memory trials were factor analyzed with age, education level, WAIS-III Digit Span Forward (DSpF), and Letter-Number Sequencing (LNS). These variables were refactored with the spoken language components of the MAE (naming, repetition, verbal fluency, and auditory comprehension). Results BVRT copy and memory omission scores were factorially grouped with age and inversely correlated with LNS. A second factor was composed of positive loadings on DSpF, LNS, and education. The BVRT Copy-and-Memory-Omissions-Age-LNS component was inversely and specifically related to the MAE measure of auditory comprehension. The Digit Span Forward-LNS-Education variable loaded strongly on the MAE Repetition component and secondarily on the MAE Verbal Fluency and Naming components. Conclusions BVRT copy and memory trial omission errors are strongly and specifically related to failure of auditory comprehension. Errors of this type are not related to the other three components of spoken language.

Quick Test and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised in a Prison's Clinical Setting

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 939-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford M. De Cato ◽  
Stephen D. Husband
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Setting ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Quick Test ◽  
Verbal Scale ◽  
Male Patients ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence

The Quick Test and the WAIS-R were administered to 20 male patients (12 black, 8 white) in an urban prison's psychiatric hospital. The mean chronological age of the sample was 29 yr. Strong positive correlations ranged from .64 to .90 between the Quick Test IQs and the WAIS-R Verbal Scale IQs and Full Scale IQs, with a modest relationship to Performance IQs. These findings suggest that the Quick Test provides a reasonable estimate of conventional verbal intelligence for a population in an urban prison's clinical setting.

Retest Reliability of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised for 18- to 19-Year-Olds

1996 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Carvajal ◽  
Matthew S. Schrader ◽  
Cooper B. Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Adult Intelligence ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence ◽  
Two Age Groups

Retest reliability of the WAIS-R for 18- to 19-yr.-olds was estimated for 44 undergraduates who took the test twice with 2 to 8 weeks between testings. The mean scores on subtests and IQs and the correlations of subtest scores and IQs were similar to the values obtained by Wechsler in 1981 with only two age groups, 25- to 34- and 45- to 54-yr.-old examinees.

Auditory and Visual Recall of Forward and Backward Digit Spans

1996 ◽  
Vol 82 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1099-1103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas H. Powell ◽  
Mark D. Hiatt
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Digit Span ◽  
Visual Presentation ◽  
Auditory Presentation ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Adult Intelligence ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence

Increasingly, clinicians obtain data from tests across modalities. Little actual information, however, exists as to normal patterns. An example is auditory and visual recall of digit span. The effects of modality on recall of digit span, sequence, and order were examined with 80 subjects ( M age 24.3 yr.). Subjects were given the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, and a research version of MicroCog: Assessment of Cognitive Functioning. Both contain forward and backward digit spans. Recall for visual presentation was significantly stronger than for auditory presentation of backward digit span. Recall for visual backward digit span was also superior to auditory backward digit span when the sequence of presentation was controlled. The mean number of digits recalled was higher when visual digit span was preceded by auditory digit span.

Comparison of the Stanford-Binet with the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—Revised: Preliminary Report

1985 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 335-336
Author(s):  
Donald I. Templer ◽  
Stephen P. Schmitz ◽  
Mark D. Corgiat
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Clinical Psychology ◽  
Preliminary Report ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Adult Intelligence ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence

Mean WAIS-R IQ was 13.80 points lower than the mean Stanford-Binet IQ for 15 adults tested by 15 graduate students in clinical psychology. This finding was discussed in the context of studies which show WAIS-R IQ to be appreciably lower than WAIS IQ.

The Scottish First Episode Schizophrenia Study: III. Cognitive Performance

1987 ◽  
Vol 150 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-340 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Block Design ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence ◽  
First Episode Schizophrenia ◽  
State Examination

Cognitive performance in 46 first episode schizophrenics was assessed within 1 week of admission to hospital by Progressive Matrices, Mill Hill Vocabulary Scale, Block Design and Similarities subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, and Digit Copying Test. Patients' intellectual performance was at a dull normal level, just within one standard deviation from the mean. There was an association between the presence of anxiety and depression and lower scores on psychological tests. Patients assessed by the Present State Examination as belonging to the ‘uncertain psychosis' category performed more poorly.

scholarly journals IQ estimate smackdown: Comparing IQ proxy measures to the WAIS-III

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 590-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
RUTH SPINKS ◽  
LOWELL W. MCKIRGAN ◽  
STEPHAN ARNDT ◽  
KRISTIN CASPERS ◽  
REBECCA YUCUIS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Adult Intelligence ◽  
Ability Levels ◽  
Proxy Measure ◽  
Current Article ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence

AbstractBrief assessments of general cognitive ability are frequently needed by neuropsychologists, and many methods of estimating intelligence quotient (IQ) have been published. While these measures typically present overall correlations with the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) Full Scale IQ, it is tacitly acknowledged that these estimates are most accurate within 1 standard deviation of the mean and that accuracy diminishes moving toward the tails of the IQ distribution. However, little work has been done to systematically characterize proxy measures at the tails of the IQ distribution. Additionally, while these measures are all correlated with the WAIS, multiple proxy measures are rarely presented in one manuscript. The current article has two goals: (1) Examine various IQ proxies against Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (Third Version) scores, showing the overall accuracy of each measure against the gold standard IQ measure. This comparison will assist in selecting the best proxy measure for particular clinical constraints. (2) The sample is then divided into three groups (below, average, and above-average ability), and each group is analyzed separately to characterize proxy performance at the tails of the IQ distribution. Repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance compares the different proxy measures across ability levels. All IQ estimates are represented in tables so that they can be examined side by side. (JINS, 2009, 15, 590–596.)

Perceived Cognitive Ability of Young and Old Targets

1988 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 192-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer J. Hendrick ◽  
V. Jane Knox ◽  
William L. Gekoski ◽  
Kate J. Dyne
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Psychomotor Speed ◽  
Practical Judgment ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Extended Experiment ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence ◽  
Substantial Degree

ABSTRACTIn the first of two experiments designed to investigate perceived cognitive abilities of young and old targets, 80 female undergraduates estimated the performance of either a young or an old target on several subtests from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS; Wechsler, 1955). Experiment 2, with 120 respondents, extended Experiment 1 to include respondent sex and target sex variables, and additional WAIS subtests. The results of the two experiments suggest a highly differentiated view of cognitive abilities. On subtests related primarily to memory and psychomotor speed, the old targets were seen as less cognitively able than the young targets. On a subtest assessing practical judgment and common sense old targets were seen as superior to young targets. On subtests assessing computational abilities and logical abstractive thinking no reliable target age differences were found. Neither target sex nor respondent sex played a substantial role in target age perceptions. Compared to available norms estimates xvere unrealistically generous, particularly in the case of older adults. However the pattern of estimates across cognitive abilities reflected, to a substantial degree, the age-related differences in the norms.

scholarly journals Book Review: Mental Health and Mental Disorders: An Encyclopedia of Conditions, Treatments, and Well-Being

2016 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Rachael Elrod
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Hip Hop ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Carl Jung ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence

This three-volume set includes 875 entries focused on six broad areas: mental disorders and conditions, treatment, tests and assessment methods, common psychological terms and concepts, individuals and organizations, and popular and classic books and movies. It includes a wide variety of entries such as “Addiction,” “Jeffrey Dahmer,” “Hip-Hop Music,” “Carl Jung,” “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Support Groups,” “Transgender,” the “Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS),” and “Xanax.”

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