Psychometric Properties of a Flanker Task in a Sample of Patients with Dementia: A Pilot Study

• Published in: Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 382 - 392
• Main Authors: Sanders, Lianne M.J., Hortobágyi, Tibor, Balasingham, Mala, Van der Zee, Eddy A., van Heuvelen, Marieke J.G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 18.10.2018; Karger Publishers
• Subjects: Accuracy; Aerobics; Assessment measures; Cognitive ability; Dementia; Education; Executive function; Exercise; Flanker task; Inhibition; Older people; Original; Original Research Article; Physical fitness; Quantitative psychology; Stroop test; Studies; Executive function; Assessment measures; Inhibition; Flanker task; Stroop test; Dementia

Background/Aims: Reliable and valid neuropsychological tests for patients with dementia are scarce. To improve the assessment of attention and inhibitory control in dementia, we determined the feasibility, test-retest reliability, and validity of a Flanker task. Methods: Participants with all-cause...