Language Measures of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery
Language Measures of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery
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DOI：
10.1017/s1355617714000411
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发表时间：
2014-07-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Weintraub, Sandra
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作者：
Gershon, Richard C.;Cook, Karon F.;Weintraub, Sandra
语言促进沟通和有效编码的思想和经验。由于语言在儿童早期发育、教育成就和随后的生活适应中的重要作用，语言被列为NIH神经和行为功能认知成套测验（NIHTB-CB）的子领域之一。语言功能有许多不同的组成部分，包括句法处理（即，形态学和语法）和词汇语义学。为了NIHTB-CB的目的，两个测试的语言-图片词汇测试和阅读识别测试-选择了共识的基础上，文献综述，迭代专家输入，并希望在英语和西班牙语进行评估。NIHTB-CB的图片词汇和阅读识别测试使用计算机自适应测试管理，并使用项目反应理论评分。数据来自对20-85岁成年人样本的英语版本验证（西班牙语结果将在未来的出版物中展示）。这两个测试表现出较高的重测信度和良好的结构效度相比，相应的金标准措施。美国国立卫生研究院的语言测试结果与年龄相关的预期一致，即在早期发育过程中语言的增长，在成年后期相对稳定。
Language facilitates communication and efficient encoding of thought and experience. Because of its essential role in early childhood development, in educational achievement and in subsequent life adaptation, language was included as one of the subdomains in the NIH Toolbox for the Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function Cognition Battery (NIHTB-CB). There are many different components of language functioning, including syntactic processing (i.e., morphology and grammar) and lexical semantics. For purposes of the NIHTB-CB, two tests of language-a picture vocabulary test and a reading recognition test-were selected by consensus based on literature reviews, iterative expert input, and a desire to assess in English and Spanish. NIHTB-CB's picture vocabulary and reading recognition tests are administered using computer adaptive testing and scored using item response theory. Data are presented from the validation of the English versions in a sample of adults ages 20-85 years (Spanish results will be presented in a future publication). Both tests demonstrated high test-retest reliability and good construct validity compared to corresponding gold-standard measures. Scores on the NIH Toolbox measures were consistent with age-related expectations, namely, growth in language during early development, with relative stabilization into late adulthood.