Pegah Touradji|Jennifer J. Manly|Diane M. Jacobs|Yaakov Stern
Neuropsychological Test Performance: A Study of Non-Hispanic White Elderly*
Columbia University|Columbia University|Columbia University|Columbia University
study examined withingroup differences neuropsychological test performance us versus foreignborn englishspeaking white elders participants included 193 randomly selected englishspeaking elderly community residents selfidentified nonhispanic white participants classified us n 106 foreignborn n 87 participants independently diagnosed physician nondemented controlling years education participants born united states obtained significantly higher scores measures verbal abstract reasoning naming fluency foreignborn elders results suggest although nonhispanics white often treated homogeneous group performance differences exist even within group effects acculturation level language use cognitive styles may help explain findings