title: Corsi's block-tapping test: standardization and concurrent validity with WISC-R for children aged 11 to 16.
abstract: Corsi's block-tapping test and WISC-R were given to 1122 children from 11 to 16 years of age. Corsi's raw scores were transformed into standard scores like those for the WISC-R subtests. Reliabilities, standard score equivalents of raw scores, correlations with scores on WISC-R subtests, scales and factor scores are presented. A Principal Factor analysis of intercorrelations for Corsi's test and WISC-R subtests shows a three-factor solution with Corsi's test loading on the Third Factor. Results agree with Wielkiewicz's (1990) hypothesis about the construct underlying WISC-R Third Factor as "executive" and short-term memory processes.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italia.
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authors.lastname: Orsini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D011939:Mental Recall; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012015:Reference Standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014888:Wechsler Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*