Normative visuospatial performance in Australian midlife women

Abstract

This paper presents normative data for visual - spatial ability in midlife Australian women. Understanding normative performance on visuospatial tasks has gained increasing importance recently with the emergence of the association between Alzheimer's disease and impairments in visuo-constructional skills and judgments of spatial relations. Thus, the availability of relevant local normative data is critical as a valid reference source in the clinical assessment of cognitive function and the diagnosis of cognitive degenerative diseases. In the present study, 257 healthy Australian-born women aged 56 - 67 years who participated in the Melbourne Women's Midlife Longitudinal Health Project were a..