Mariana Cherner|Paola Suárez|Deborah Lazzaretto|Lidia Artiola I Fortuny|Monica Rivera Mindt|Sharron E. Dawes|T MARCOTTE|Igor Grant|Robert K. Heaton
Demographically corrected norms for the Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-revised and Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-revised in monolingual Spanish speakers from the U.S.–Mexico border region
University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|Fordham University|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|University of California, San Diego|VA San Diego Healthcare System|University of California, San Diego
large number primary spanish speakers united states world makes imperative appropriate neuropsychological assessment instruments available serve needs populations article describe norming process spanish speakers usmexico border region brief visuospatial memory testrevised hopkins verbal learning testrevised computed rates impairment would obtained applying original published norms tests raw scores normative sample found substantial overestimates compared expected rates expected overestimates salient lowest levels education given underrepresentation poorly educated subjects original normative samples results suggest demographically corrected norms derived healthy spanishspeaking adults broad range education less likely result diagnostic errors minimum demographic corrections tests question include influence literacy education addition traditional adjustments age age range sample limited norms presented applied elderly populations