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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2009 Oct–Dec;23(4):384–388. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e31819e0bfc

Table 1.

Psychometric Information on the 18 Cognitive Function Tests

Cognitive Test Mean SD Skew Hypothesized Domain Rotated Factor Loading
1 2 3 4 5
Logical Memory Ia 8.2 4.4 0.4 Episodic memory 0.72 0.50 −0.04 0.06 0.07
Logical Memory Iia 6.6 4.4 1.0 Episodic memory 0.74 0.41 0.15 0.10 0.02
Immediate story recall 8.5 2.0 −0.2 Episodic memory 0.82 −0.08 −0.00 0.07 0.06
Delayed story recall 7.4 2.9 −1.1 Episodic memory 0.86 −0.09 0.17 0.12 −0.02
Word List Memory 13.1 4.5 0.0 Episodic memory 0.55 0.14 0.27 0.21 0.46
Word List Recall 4.0 2.4 −0.2 Episodic memory 0.66 0.24 0.20 −0.28 0.33
Word List Recognition 8.9 2.1 −2.6 Episodic memory 0.19 0.02 0.66 0.18 −0.21
Boston Naming Test 12.1 2.3 −0.7 Semantic memory 0.16 0.64 0.48 −0.01 0.18
Category Verbal
Fluency
30.5 7.7 0.1 Semantic memory 0.28 0.34 0.16 0.09 0.58
Digit Span Forward 4.7 1.9 0.1 Working memory −0.14 0.12 −0.12 0.74 0.28
Digit Span Backward 3.9 1.8 0.8 Working memory 0.24 0.31 0.34 0.58 −0.05
Digit Ordering 4.5 2.5 −0.3 Working memory 0.24 0.46 0.23 0.46 0.33
Symbol Digit
Modalities Test
23.3 14.0 0.0 Perceptual speed 0.06 0.28 0.72 0.07 0.15
Number Comparison 13.3 7.7 0.5 Perceptual speed 0.03 0.18 0.80 −0.00 0.24
Stroop Color Naming 15.0 7.3 −0.3 Perceptual speed 0.16 −0.05 0.38 0.63 0.32
Stroop Word Reading 40.0 14.3 0.0 Perceptual speed 0.00 0.02 0.01 0.29 0.80
Judgment of Line
Orientation
8.3 3.7 −0.5 Visuospatial ability −0.01 0.78 0.20 0.17 0.10
Standard Progressive
Matrices
8.7 2.5 −0.7 Visuospatial ability 0.22 0.63 0.06 0.59 0.02