Measuring visual matching and short-term recognition memory with the CANTAB® Delayed Matching to Sample task in schoolchildren

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe advantages of regression-based norm data compared to traditional norm calculations for neuropsychological tests.
2. Explain the effect of varying demographic variables on the norm calculations for one computerized test, i.e., visual recognition- and short-term memory.

Annet Toornstra, Petra P. M. Hurks, Wim Van der Elst, Gerjo Kok & Leopold M. G. Curfs (2020). Measuring visual matching and short-term recognition memory with the CANTAB® Delayed Matching to Sample task in schoolchildren: Effects of demographic influences, multiple outcome measures and regression-based normative data, Child Neuropsychology, 26:2, 189-218, DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2019.1642316