Richard Gershon|Karon F. Cook|Dan Mungas|Jennifer J. Manly|Jerry Slotkin|Jennifer L. Beaumont|Sandra We?ntraub
Language Measures of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery
Northwestern University|Northwestern University|University of California, Davis|Columbia University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University|Northwestern University
abstract language facilitates communication efficient encoding thought experience essential role early childhood development educational achievement subsequent life adaptation language included one subdomains nih toolbox assessment neurological behavioral function cognition battery nihtbcb many different components language functioning including syntactic processing ie morphology grammar lexical semantics purposes nihtbcb two tests languagea picture vocabulary test reading recognition testwere selected consensus based literature reviews iterative expert input desire assess english spanish nihtbcbs picture vocabulary reading recognition tests administered using computer adaptive testing scored using item response theory data presented validation english versions sample adults ages 2085 years spanish results presented future publication tests demonstrated high testretest reliability good construct validity compared corresponding goldstandard measures scores nih toolbox measures consistent agerelated expectations namely growth language early development relative stabilization late adulthood jins 2014 20 110