Erschienen in:
01.09.2008
Critical Issues in Cultural Neuropsychology: Profit from Diversity
verfasst von:
Jennifer J. Manly
Erschienen in:
Neuropsychology Review
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Ausgabe 3/2008
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There is widespread agreement that many neuropsychological measures do not have acceptable diagnostic accuracy when used among people who are not Caucasian, well-educated, native English-speaking, and middle to upper class (Ardila et al.
2002; Boone et al.
2007; Brickman et al.
2006; Loewenstein et al.
1994; Manly
2005). A review of scholarly works reveals that not only is this an area of controversy in our field, but also that neuropsychological testing among culturally and linguistically diverse people is an area of critical vulnerability in the theoretical and empirical foundation for neuropsychological practice. …