James Law, Robert Rush, Tom King, Elizabeth Westrupp, Sheena Reilly
Early Home Activities and Oral Language Skills in Middle Childhood: A Quantile Analysis
Child development
semantic intrusion errors memory tests may represent early cognitive changes associated elevated alzheimers disease pathology within brain including amyloid subscales measure proactive semantic interference psi intrusions related psi loewenstein acevedo scales semantic interference learning lassil associated high levels brain amyloid load structural changes brain mri hispanic nonhispanic groups presently unknown whether intrusion errors measures lassil differentiate africanamerican aa older adults diagnosed amnestic mild cognitive impairment amci classified cognitively normal cn study examined extent high percentage semantic intrusion errors lassil subscales susceptible psi lassil measures could differentiate aa amci cn groups fortyeight aa older adults recruited 27 cn 21 amci received clinical neuropsychological evaluation lassil administered independent diagnostic classification without statistical adjustment literacy aa amci participants scored lower lassil measures roc analyses revealed area curve exceeding 90 correctly classified 86 aa amci 82 specificity aa cn participants percentage intrusion errors lassil subscales susceptible psi differentiated aa amci aa cn adds emerging evidence indicating lassil may culturally appropriate differentiate amci cn diverse ethniccultural groups