Normative data for tasks of executive function and working memory for Australian-born women aged 56-67

Abstract

Normative data for tests of working memory and executive function (a term adopted to cover a range of cognitive skills) are primarily based on the U.S. population and are not always specific for gender or education levels. The diagnosis of, and research into, cognitive diseases rely on the use of relevant normative data. This study presents normative data for an ageing, female, Australian-born population, and an analysis of the factors that contribute to variation in performance. Three tasks of executive function: Trail Making Test, Part B (Trails-B); Tower of London, and the oral version of the Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT), and a working memory task (Letter-Number Sequencing, LNS) we..