Barker-Collo, S. L. (2007). Boston Naming Test performance of older New Zealand adults. Aphasiology, 21(12), 1171- 1180.
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Research article
Description:
The first aim of this study was to examine overall BNT performance in a sample of healthy older New Zealand adults when compared to available normative data. The second aim was to determine potential for cultural bias of individual items.
Keywords:
cognitive assessment, cognitive testing, Boston Naming Test
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Barker-Collo, S. L., Thomas, K., Riddick, E., & de Jager, A. (2011). A New Zealand regression formula for premorbid estimation using the National Adult Reading Test. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 40(2), 47-55
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Research article
Description:
This study developed a regression formula for prediction of pre-morbid abilities using the National Adult Reading Test (NART), standardised for use in New Zealand, and including examination of the contribution of variables such as age, gender and ethnicity to prediction.
Keywords:
cognitive assessment, cognitive testing, National Adult Reading Test
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Burmester, B., Leathem, J., & Merrick, P. L. (2014). Assessing subjective memory complaints: a comparison of spontaneous reports and structured questionnaire methods . International Psychogeriatrics, 3, 1-17
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Research article
Description:
This study surveyed New Zealanders about subjective memory complaints. Implications for clinical assessment are that open-ended questioning might be preferable to initial use of prescriptive questionnaires, in order to elicit subjective memory complaints that are most distressing. 
Keywords:
cognitive assessment; cognitive testing, memory 
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Callow, L., Alpass, F., Leathem, J., & Stephens, C. (2015). Normative data for older New Zealanders on the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 44(3).
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Research article
Description:
The present study provides normative data, obtained from a nationwide (population based) sample of 1005 New Zealanders, 45 to 85 years of age, for the ACE-R. The norms are presented for different age groups, sex, New Zealand European and Māori ethnicity and educational bands.
Keywords:
older adults, cognitive assessment, population norms, ACE-R
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Cheung, G., Clugston, A., Croucher, M., Malone, D., Mau, E., Sims, A., & Gee, S. (2015). Performance of three cognitive screening tools in a sample of older New Zealanders. International Psychogeriatrics, 27(6), 981-989.
Type:
Research article
Description:
The ACE-III, MoCA and RUDAS were administered in random order to a sample of 37 participants with diagnosed mild dementia and 47 comparison participants without dementia. The diagnostic accuracy of the three tests was assessed. All three tools discriminated well overall between cases of mild dementia and controls. To inform interpretation of these tests in clinical settings, it would be useful for future research to address more inclusive and potentially age-stratified local norms
Keywords:
cognitive assessment, diagnostic accuracy, ACE-III, MoCA, RUDAS
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Da Silva, M. L., McLaughlin, M. T., Rodgrigues, E. J., Broadbent, J.C, Gray, A. R., & Hammond-Tooke, G. D. (2008). A mini mental status examination for the hearing impaired. Age and Aging, 37(5), 593-595.
Type:
Research letter
Description:
This study used written and verbal versions of the MMSE in a group of older New Zealand patients some of whom had hearing impairment. Hearing-impaired subjects performed no better with the written version but preferred it, suggesting that the written MMSE may be a more acceptable version of this test in the hearing impaired.
Keywords:
deaf, hearing impaired, cognitive assessment; cognitive testing, Mini mental status examination, MMS
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Knight, R. G., McMahon, J., Green, T. J., & Skeaff, C. M. (2004). Some normative and psychometric data for the Geriatric Depression Scale and the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire from a sample of healthy older persons. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, 33(3), 163-170.
Type:
Research article
Description:
This project includes New Zealand norms for the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire.
Keywords:
cognitive assessment, cognitive testing, screening, Cognitive Failures questionnaire
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Knight, R. G., McMahon, J., Green, T. J., & Skeaff, C. M. (2006). Regression equations for predicting scores of persons over 65 on the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, the Mini-mental State Examination, the Trail Making Test and semantic fluency measures. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 45(3), 393-402.
Type:
Research article
Description:
This study used data from older New Zealanders to compute regression equations for the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT), the Trail Making Test (TMT), Mini‐mental State Examination (MMSE) and measures of semantic fluency. The abnormality of the difference between predicted and obtained scores provides a convenient index of an individual's current level of neuropsychological functioning.
Keywords:
cognitive assessment, cognitive testing, screening, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, Trail Making Test, Mini‐mental State Examination 
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Knight, R. G., McMahon, J., Skeaff, C. M., & Green, T. J. (2007). Reliable Change Index scores for persons over the age of 65 tested on alternate forms of the Rey AVLT. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 22(4), 513-518.
Type:
Research article
Description:
Description: In this report, New Zealand data useful for estimating the statistical significance of changes on the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT) are presented.
Keywords:
cognitive assessment, cognitive testing, screening, selective attention, Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, reliable change
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Knight, R. G., McMahon, J., Skeaff, C. M., & Green, T. J. (2010). Reliable change indices for the Ruff 2 and 7 selective attention test in older adults. Applied Neuropsychology, 17(4), 239-245.
Type:
Research article
Description:
This study used data from repeated testing of healthy older New Zealanders to provide information about the statistical significance of retest changes for persons older than the age of 65 on the Ruff 2 and 7 Selective Attention Test. Test-retest data with a 1-year interval were used to estimate reliability coefficients and to calculate Reliable Change indices useful for evaluating persons with suspected dementia.
Keywords:
cognitive assessment, cognitive testing, screening, selective attention, Ruff, reliable change
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Knight, R. G., Nicholls, J., & Titov, N. (2008). The effects of old age and distraction on the assessment of prospective memory in a simulated naturalistic environment. International Psychogeriatrics, 20(1), 124-134.
Type:
Research article
Description:
The aim of the study was to examine the sensitivity of a computer-based procedure using naturalistic stimuli to age-related increases in forgetting under conditions of high (increased visual and auditory noise) or low distraction. Older persons have particular difficulty remembering in noisy environments, and results from testing in the clinic may underestimate the practical memory problems experienced by older adults with mild cognitive impairments.
Keywords:
cognitive assessment, cognitive testing, screening, selective attention
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Merrick, P. I., Secker, D. I., Fright, R., & Melding, P. (2004). The ECO computerized cognitive battery: Collection of normative data using elderly New Zealanders. International Psychogeriatrics, 16(1), 93-105.
Type:
Research article
Description:
The purpose of the study was to yield normative data for an English-language version of the ECO Examen Cognitif par Ordinateur) computerized cognitive battery.
Keywords:
cognitive assessment, cognitive testing, screening, computerised, ECO
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Myall, D. J., Horne, K., MacAskill, M. R., Livingston, L., Pitcher, T. L., Melzer, T. R., ... & Dalrymple-Alford, J. C. (2020). Cognitive tests that identify high risk of conversion to dementia in Parkinson's disease. bioRxiv.[preprint]
Type:
Research article
Description:
This study assessed performance on 21 neuropsychological test measures spanning five cognitive domains in a prospective longitudinal study of 196 non-demented people with Parkinson’s. It concluded that an abbreviated selection of neuropsychological tests can predict those who have a high risk of progression to PDD, and that there was evidence to support Trail Making part B, Map Search, and CVLT-II word list acquisition.
Keywords:
cognitive assessment, cognitive testing, Parkinson's
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Secker, D. L., Merrick, P. L., Brown, R. G., Madsen, S., & Melding, P. (2004). Test/Retest Reliability of the ECO Computerised Cognitive Battery for the Elderly. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition (Neuropsychology, Development and Cognition: Section B), 11(1), 51-57.
Type:
Research article
Description:
This study presents New Zealand test–retest reliability data for the ECO (Examen Cognitif par Ordinateur) computerised cognitive battery. A mild practice effect was detected in parts.
Keywords:
cognitive assessment, cognitive testing, screening, computerised, ECO
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