title: The cognition battery of the NIH toolbox for assessment of neurological and behavioral function: validation in an adult sample.
abstract: This study introduces a special series on validity studies of the Cognition Battery (CB) from the U.S. National Institutes of Health Toolbox for the Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function (NIHTB) (Gershon, Wagster et al., 2013) in an adult sample. This first study in the series describes the sample, each of the seven instruments in the NIHTB-CB briefly, and the general approach to data analysis. Data are provided on test-retest reliability and practice effects, and raw scores (mean, standard deviation, range) are presented for each instrument and the gold standard instruments used to measure construct validity. Accompanying papers provide details on each instrument, including information about instrument development, psychometric properties, age and education effects on performance, and convergent and discriminant construct validity. One study in the series is devoted to a factor analysis of the NIHTB-CB in adults and another describes the psychometric properties of three composite scores derived from the individual measures representing fluid and crystallized abilities and their combination. The NIHTB-CB is designed to provide a brief, comprehensive, common set of measures to allow comparisons among disparate studies and to improve scientific communication.
authors: 1Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center;Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology,Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine,Chicago,Illinois.
authors: Sandra
authors: S
authors: Weintraub
authors: 2Department of Rehabilitation Medicine,University of Washington,Seattle,Washington.
authors: Sureyya S
authors: SS
authors: Dikmen
authors: 3Department of Psychiatry,University of California,San Diego,California.
authors: Robert K
authors: RK
authors: Heaton
authors: 4Departments of Rehabilitation Medicine,Orthopedic Surgery,and General Medicine,New York University Langone Medical Center,New York,New York.
authors: David S
authors: DS
authors: Tulsky
authors: 6Institute of Child Development,University of Minnesota,Minneapolis,Minnesota.
authors: Philip David
authors: PD
authors: Zelazo
authors: 7Department of Medical Social Sciences,Northwestern University,Chicago,Illinois.
authors: Jerry
authors: J
authors: Slotkin
authors: 8Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation,University of Michigan,Ann Arbor,Michigan.
authors: Noelle E
authors: NE
authors: Carlozzi
authors: 9Department of Psychology,Emory University,Atlanta,Georgia.
authors: Patricia J
authors: PJ
authors: Bauer
authors: 10Westat,Rockville,Maryland.
authors: Kathleen
authors: K
authors: Wallner-Allen
authors: 11Department of Human Development,University of Maryland,College Park,Maryland.
authors: Nathan
authors: N
authors: Fox
authors: 10Westat,Rockville,Maryland.
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Havlik
authors: 7Department of Medical Social Sciences,Northwestern University,Chicago,Illinois.
authors: Jennifer L
authors: JL
authors: Beaumont
authors: 12Department of Neurology,University of California,Davis,California.
authors: Dan
authors: D
authors: Mungas
authors: 13Cognitive Neuroscience Division,Taub Institute for Research in Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain,Columbia University,New York,New York.
authors: Jennifer J
authors: JJ
authors: Manly
authors: 14National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke,Bethesda,Maryland.
authors: Claudia
authors: C
authors: Moy
authors: 15National Institute on Drug Abuse,Rockville,Maryland.
authors: Kevin
authors: K
authors: Conway
authors: 16National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine,Bethesda,Maryland.
authors: Emmeline
authors: E
authors: Edwards
authors: 7Department of Medical Social Sciences,Northwestern University,Chicago,Illinois.
authors: Cindy J
authors: CJ
authors: Nowinski
authors: 7Department of Medical Social Sciences,Northwestern University,Chicago,Illinois.
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Gershon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001519:Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.) / Q000592:standards*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult