TY - JOUR
T1 - The Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task (PASAT)
T2 - normative data for the Italian population
AU - Saetti, Maria Cristina
AU - Difonzo, Teresa
AU - Sirtori, Martina Andrea
AU - Negri, Luca
AU - Zago, Stefano
AU - Rassiga, Cecilia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task (PASAT) is a neuropsychological instrument designed to measure attention, working memory and speed of information processing in a complex manner. It is currently used to evaluate different neurological diseases. The purpose of this study was to establish PASAT normative data for the healthy Italian population using the standardized methodology of Equivalents Scores. The brief PASAT auditory version included in the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite was administered to 146 healthy Italian participants, distributed for gender (70 men; 76 women), age (range 18–83) and education (8–19). We found that age and education, but not gender, were significant PASAT score predictors. PASAT normative Italian data may represent a useful application for clinicians and researchers to document mild executive deicits in diferent neurological populations.
AB - The Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task (PASAT) is a neuropsychological instrument designed to measure attention, working memory and speed of information processing in a complex manner. It is currently used to evaluate different neurological diseases. The purpose of this study was to establish PASAT normative data for the healthy Italian population using the standardized methodology of Equivalents Scores. The brief PASAT auditory version included in the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite was administered to 146 healthy Italian participants, distributed for gender (70 men; 76 women), age (range 18–83) and education (8–19). We found that age and education, but not gender, were significant PASAT score predictors. PASAT normative Italian data may represent a useful application for clinicians and researchers to document mild executive deicits in diferent neurological populations.
KW - attention
KW - executive functions
KW - normative data
KW - PASAT
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U2 - 10.7358/neur-2021-029-saet
DO - 10.7358/neur-2021-029-saet
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85104782520
SP - 65
EP - 82
JO - Neuropsychological Trends
JF - Neuropsychological Trends
SN - 1970-321X
IS - 29
ER -