Anna V. Agranovich|Antonio E. Puente
Do Russian and American normal adults perform similarly on neuropsychological tests?Preliminary findings on the relationship between culture and test performance
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina Wilmington
learn culture may affect neuropsychological performance eight tests administered nonbrain damaged adult volunteers united states russia tests included ruff figural fluency test rfft color trails test ctt digit span forward backward category fluency test verbal visual memory measures blind clock test selected lurias 1980 battery fortytwo russian 42 american volunteers age 1844 assessed hypothesized american group would outscore russian timed measures rfft ctt due cultural differences familiarity timed testing procedures otherwise significant differences two groups expected emerge consistent hypotheses significant effect culture found ctt rfft favor american group ancova suggested intergroup differences fully explained differences subjective relevance tasks culturespecific experiences rest tests appeared similar potential application cultures