The nature and rate of cognitive maturation from late childhood to adulthood
To better understand the nature and rate of cognitive change across adolescence, the Cogstate Brief Battery (CBB) was utilized to assess psychomotor function, attention, working memory, and visual learning in individuals aged 10 to 18 years old. Since all CBB tasks have equivalent perceptual, motor,...
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doaj-b9504157cac243209d96c2b88bd5fb492020-11-25T00:35:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782015-05-01610.3389/fpsyg.2015.00704127486The nature and rate of cognitive maturation from late childhood to adulthoodJason Andrew Cromer0Jason Andrew Cromer1Adrian J Schembri2Adrian J Schembri3Brian T Harel4Brian T Harel5Paul eMaruff6Paul eMaruff7Yale UniversityCogstate, Inc.Cogstate, Inc.RMIT UniversityYale UniversityCogstate, Inc.Cogstate, Inc.University of MelbourneTo better understand the nature and rate of cognitive change across adolescence, the Cogstate Brief Battery (CBB) was utilized to assess psychomotor function, attention, working memory, and visual learning in individuals aged 10 to 18 years old. Since all CBB tasks have equivalent perceptual, motor, and linguistic demands as well as being appropriate for both children and adults, this approach allowed direct across-age comparison of multiple cognitive domains. Exponential decreases in reaction time and linear increases in accuracy were observed across adolescent development in a cross-sectional sample of 38,778 individuals and confirmed in a 5,788 individual longitudinal sample with one-year repeat assessments. These results have important implications for the repeated assessment of cognition during development where expected maturational changes in cognition must be accounted for during cognitive testing.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00704/fullAdolescent DevelopmentCognitionNeuropsychological TestsNeuropsychologycognitive developmentRepeat Assessment |
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Jason Andrew Cromer Jason Andrew Cromer Adrian J Schembri Adrian J Schembri Brian T Harel Brian T Harel Paul eMaruff Paul eMaruff The nature and rate of cognitive maturation from late childhood to adulthood Frontiers in Psychology Adolescent Development Cognition Neuropsychological Tests Neuropsychology cognitive development Repeat Assessment |
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Jason Andrew Cromer Jason Andrew Cromer Adrian J Schembri Adrian J Schembri Brian T Harel Brian T Harel Paul eMaruff Paul eMaruff |
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The nature and rate of cognitive maturation from late childhood to adulthood |
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The nature and rate of cognitive maturation from late childhood to adulthood |
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The nature and rate of cognitive maturation from late childhood to adulthood |
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The nature and rate of cognitive maturation from late childhood to adulthood |
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The nature and rate of cognitive maturation from late childhood to adulthood |
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nature and rate of cognitive maturation from late childhood to adulthood |
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Frontiers Media S.A. |
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Frontiers in Psychology |
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1664-1078 |
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2015-05-01 |
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To better understand the nature and rate of cognitive change across adolescence, the Cogstate Brief Battery (CBB) was utilized to assess psychomotor function, attention, working memory, and visual learning in individuals aged 10 to 18 years old. Since all CBB tasks have equivalent perceptual, motor, and linguistic demands as well as being appropriate for both children and adults, this approach allowed direct across-age comparison of multiple cognitive domains. Exponential decreases in reaction time and linear increases in accuracy were observed across adolescent development in a cross-sectional sample of 38,778 individuals and confirmed in a 5,788 individual longitudinal sample with one-year repeat assessments. These results have important implications for the repeated assessment of cognition during development where expected maturational changes in cognition must be accounted for during cognitive testing. |
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Adolescent Development Cognition Neuropsychological Tests Neuropsychology cognitive development Repeat Assessment |
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