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attempts made research efforts encouraged deconstruct race concept language cultural life experience variables help explain performance differences found ethnic groups romero et al 2009 extant empirical literature reveals early environmental factors life experiences eg socioeconomic status related cognitive test performance adulthood byrd et al 2006 study examined explanatory value early life childhood resources relationship ethnicity neuropsychological test performance adulthood neurologically psychologically healthy african american n 40 caucasian n 14 hispanic n 107 college students ranging 1938 years age average participants completed around 13 years education indicating majority early stages undergraduate studies mostly consisted females 72 participant completed comprehensive neuropsychological battery included tests executive function extensive background questionnaire oneway analysis variance anova revealed ca group significantly older f 2 160 1838 p 045 compared aa h groups groups differ terms number years educations gender also anova revealed significant group test performance differences stroopc f 2 160 153 p 047 tmtb cowat furthermore tukey post hoc revealed significant differences test performance stroopc groups hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed group performance differences executive function tests medium nonexistent partially explained years education early life financial resources results discussed light existing literature study strengths limitations well directions future research research aid pinpointing variables crucial interpreting differences neuropsychological assessments among diverse populations holding potential implications intervention research policy settings particularly relevant context continuously evolving social political economic landscapes societies