[Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test: normative data in a French population].
BACKGROUND
The Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) is recognized as a sensitive measure of working memory, attention, and information processing speed in multiple sclerosis. The aim of this work was to provide normative data for PASAT in a healthy French population.


METHODS
A total of 360 subjects were recruited from volunteers (24 groups, 15 subjects per group, considering four age classes, three educational levels and gender). The PASAT was administered in a standardized way, by the same psychologist.


CONCLUSIONS
Normative values were presented expressed as the means and standard deviations of T-score (Z-score*10+50).
Service de neurologie, pôle de neurosciences cliniques, CHU La-Timone, AP-HM, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13005 Marseille, France. francoise.reuter@univmed.fr
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology; D008606:Mental Processes; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D012016:Reference Values; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult
Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test : données normatives dans une population française.