title: Corsi's block-tapping task: standardization and location in factor space with the WAIS-R for two normal samples of older adults.
abstract: Corsi's block-tapping task and WAIS-R were administered to two Italian samples of 200 normal older adults (aged 65-74 years and 75-100 years). Corsi's reliabilities and standardization data are shown. Additionally, Corsi's location in the factor space of cognitive abilities represented by the 11 WAIS-R subtests is presented. Corsi's test seems to be a reliable one for older Italians. It seems also to be a measure of general intelligence in those 65-74 years of age and a measure of the Freedom from Distractibility factor in subjects 75 years and older.
authors.affiliation: Facoltà di Psicologia, Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" di Chieti-Pescara, Italy. a.saggino@unich.it
authors.forename: Aristide
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saggino
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balsamo
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grieco
authors.forename: Maria Rosaria
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Cerbone
authors.forename: Nicla Nicolina
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Raviele
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001288:Attention; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014888:Wechsler Scales