Jennifer J. Manly|Desiree Byrd|Pegah Touradji|Yaakov Stern
Acculturation, Reading Level, and Neuropsychological Test Performance Among African American Elders
independent effects cultural educational experience neuropsychological test performance examined among 503 nondemented african americans ages 65 older measures cultural experience acculturation quality education reading level administered reading level influential predictor cognitive test performance even accounting age sex years education acculturation level age small significant unique effects measures especially word list learning years education independent effects measures verbal abstraction fluency figure matching acculturated african americans obtained higher scores measures however accounting age years education sex reading level effect acculturation diminished results suggest quality education cultural experience influence older african americans approach neuropsychological tasks therefore adjustment variables may improve specificity neuropsychological measures