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Caveats in the neuropsychological assessment of African Americans.

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This preliminary investigation examined the predictive accuracy of six neuropsychological tests in a population of non-brain-injured African Americans. False positives were unacceptably high on five of the neuropsychological tests administered. These ... (Full abstract text below)

Published 2002Jul in Journal: J Natl Med Assoc (Language : eng)

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1. J Natl Med Assoc. 2002 Jul;94(7):591-601

Caveats in the neuropsychological assessment of African Americans.

Campbell AL, Ocampo C, DeShawn Rorie K, Lewis S, Combs S, Ford-Booker P, Briscoe J, Lewis-Jack O, Brown A, Wood D, Dennis G, Weir R, Hastings A

Department of Psychology, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA.

This preliminary investigation examined the predictive accuracy of six neuropsychological tests in a population of non-brain-injured African Americans. False positives were unacceptably high on five of the neuropsychological tests administered. These pilot data raise important questions about the utility of neuropsychological test norms with groups dissimilar in sociocultural background to the normative population. These findings are examined in terms of the relative merits of the race-homogenous and race-comparative paradigms and underscore the importance of conducting normative studies that involve ethnic minority populations.

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First Name	LastName	Initials
Alfonso L	Campbell	AL
Carlota	Ocampo	C
Kashemi	DeShawn Rorie	K
Sonya	Lewis	S
Shawn	Combs	S
Phyllis	Ford-Booker	P
Juanita	Briscoe	J
Ometha	Lewis-Jack	O
Andrew	Brown	A
Don	Wood	D
Gary	Dennis	G
Roger	Weir	R
Alicia	Hastings	A

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, USA.

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