Manly Jennifer J
Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and Aging Brain and Department of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA.
Clin Neuropsychol. 2005 Jun;19(2):270-5. doi: 10.1080/13854040590945346.
Limitations of neuropsychological measures and normative data are exposed as use of these measures among culturally and linguistically different people expands in clinical and research settings. Several different tactics to solve the problem of poor specificity of cognitive measures among ethnic minorities have emerged in the literature; however, the development of separate racial/ethnic group norms has been the predominant approach. This commentary addresses the advantages and disadvantages of establishing separate norms for African Americans. Another approach, involving the deconstruction of race and education, may help to clarify the independent influences of race, culture, quality of education, and socioeconomic status on cognition and neuropsychological test performance.
随着神经心理学测量方法和常模数据在临床和研究环境中越来越多地应用于文化和语言背景各异的人群，其局限性也逐渐显现出来。文献中出现了几种不同的策略来解决少数民族认知测量特异性差的问题；然而，制定单独的种族/民族常模一直是主要方法。本评论阐述了为非裔美国人建立单独常模的优缺点。另一种方法，涉及对种族和教育的解构，可能有助于阐明种族、文化、教育质量和社会经济地位对认知和神经心理学测试表现的独立影响。
