TY - JOUR
T1 - Recognition subtests of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status
T2 - evidence for a cortical vs. subcortical distinction
AU - Vehar, Julia V.
AU - Rahimpour, Shervin
AU - Moretti, Paolo
AU - Kassavetis, Panagiotis
AU - Alshaikh, Jumana
AU - Rolston, John
AU - Duff, Kevin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Introduction: Within clinical neuropsychology, a classic diagnostic distinction is made between cortical and subcortical disorders, especially based on their memory profiles. Typically, this is based on the comparison of recall and recognition trials, where individuals with cortical conditions do not tend to benefit (i.e., score well) on recognition trials and individuals with subcortical conditions do. Although the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) is a widely used brief cognitive battery, there is a lack of evidence to support this measure’s utility in distinguishing between the memory profiles of these conditions. Method: Thirty-six mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD), 55 Parkinson’s disease (PD), and 105 essential tremor (ET) participants (N = 196) were administered the RBANS with additional Story and Figure Recognition subtests. Group differences on recall and recognition scores (Total Correct, Hits or True Positives, False Positive Errors, and discriminability index) were examined across the three groups, while controlling for the influence of age and gender. Results: As expected, individuals with AD had poorer recognition scores compared to the other clinical groups across tasks (all p-values <.05), while the ET sample largely performed comparably to the PD sample. With the exception of comparable Figure Recognition and Recall in the PD sample, all groups exhibited significantly greater recognition Hit performance compared to Recall (all p-values <.05). Conclusions: The group differences in performance across RBANS recognition subtests suggest support for traditional “cortical” and “subcortical” profiles. However, all groups, including the mild AD sample, demonstrated a benefit from recognition cues compared to free recall. Overall, these findings support the inclusion of the newly developed Story and Figure Recognition subtests in future clinical practice and research endeavors.
AB - Introduction: Within clinical neuropsychology, a classic diagnostic distinction is made between cortical and subcortical disorders, especially based on their memory profiles. Typically, this is based on the comparison of recall and recognition trials, where individuals with cortical conditions do not tend to benefit (i.e., score well) on recognition trials and individuals with subcortical conditions do. Although the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) is a widely used brief cognitive battery, there is a lack of evidence to support this measure’s utility in distinguishing between the memory profiles of these conditions. Method: Thirty-six mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD), 55 Parkinson’s disease (PD), and 105 essential tremor (ET) participants (N = 196) were administered the RBANS with additional Story and Figure Recognition subtests. Group differences on recall and recognition scores (Total Correct, Hits or True Positives, False Positive Errors, and discriminability index) were examined across the three groups, while controlling for the influence of age and gender. Results: As expected, individuals with AD had poorer recognition scores compared to the other clinical groups across tasks (all p-values <.05), while the ET sample largely performed comparably to the PD sample. With the exception of comparable Figure Recognition and Recall in the PD sample, all groups exhibited significantly greater recognition Hit performance compared to Recall (all p-values <.05). Conclusions: The group differences in performance across RBANS recognition subtests suggest support for traditional “cortical” and “subcortical” profiles. However, all groups, including the mild AD sample, demonstrated a benefit from recognition cues compared to free recall. Overall, these findings support the inclusion of the newly developed Story and Figure Recognition subtests in future clinical practice and research endeavors.
KW - Alzheimer’s disease
KW - Essential tremor
KW - Parkinson’s disease
KW - RBANS
KW - recognition
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U2 - 10.1080/13803395.2023.2259044
DO - 10.1080/13803395.2023.2259044
M3 - Article
C2 - 37728425
AN - SCOPUS:85171655278
SN - 1380-3395
VL - 45
SP - 786
EP - 797
JO - Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
JF - Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
IS - 8
ER -