Cross-cultural comparison of the performance on the Five-Point test between highly educated comparable samples of Argentina and South Africa.

Objective: The study aimed to carry out a cross-cultural analysis by comparing Five-Point test scores for two different countries. The Five-Point test measures design fluency, an executive function, and is an inexpensive test that makes it more accessible to assessment settings, including under-resourced settings.

Methods: Adults in Argentina ( = 90) and South Africa ( = 90) with tertiary levels of education were tested on the Five-Point Test.

Ethical issues in clinical neuropsychology: International diversity perspectives.

Objective: Much of the information about the ethical practice of clinical neuropsychology has focused on North America. Additionally, of the scholarly publications on the intersection of ethical issues and cultural diversity practices in neuropsychology, most have focused on North America. The extent to which practitioners in other parts of the world are aware of, and find useful, such information is largely unknown.

Reading fluency as a measure of educational level.

Unlabelled: Education exerts a powerful influence on the performance on neuropsychological tests. Recently, the number of years that a person attends school has been the preferred method to operationalize educational level (EL). However, reading fluency (RF) has emerged as an alternative method that can define the quality of education.

Modern neuropsychological tests for a diversity of cultural contexts.

Objective: The appropriateness of the current neuropsychological tests for the assessment of different populations has been questioned. In this issue several articles have proposed the modernization of neuropsychological testing by incorporating modern technological devices such as computers, mobile phones, or tablets. This is a commentary on the articles contained in the special issue about the inclusion of modern assessment methods that can be properly used around the world and not only in technologically/economically advanced countries.

Past, present, and future of neuropsychology in Argentina.

Objective: To describe the history, current situation, and future challenges of Argentinian neuropsychology.

Method: A brief historical description highlighting the most representative authors and publications is made. In addition, a survey was administered to a sample of 135 neuropsychologists practicing neuropsychology in Argentina.

Construct and Concurrent Validity of the Spanish Adaptation of the Boston Naming Test.

In 1996, a Spanish edition of the Boston Naming Test (BNT) was published. Changes to the original version were introduced but without an empirical foundation supporting these modifications. This version was later adapted by reordering the items according to their difficulty frequency in a Spanish-speaking population, and norms were developed from this version of the test.

Development of a confrontation naming test for Spanish-speakers: the Cordoba Naming Test.

To date, a psychometrically sound standardized Spanish-language test of confrontation naming has not been developed for clinical use. Because of the shortcomings of adapting tests developed in other cultures, it was decided to develop a confrontation naming test suitable for Spanish-speakers. For the validity study the performance on the test of 26 control subjects between 70 and 87 years old and 23 subjects with a mild to moderate degree of dementia of the Alzheimer type was compared.

Reliability of the Five-Point Test.

The purpose of this study was to assess the internal consistency and stability of the Five-Point Test (FPT), developed by Regard, Strauss, and Knapp (1982). A test of non-verbal fluency, the FPT is an executive measure that may be particularly useful in the evaluation of individuals with presumed frontal lobe damage. In the internal consistency study, 209 healthy participants were administered the FPT.

Long-term cognitive treatment of Alzheimer's disease: a single case study.

The effects of long-term treatment in a demented patient were evaluated in this study. One individual diagnosed with Alzheimer's dementia (AD) was treated with neuropsychological rehabilitation techniques as well as drugs for a period of 2 years and 10 months. An A-B-A-B design was performed for the cognitive treatment.