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How many segments are there in an orange: normative data for the new Cognitive Estimation Task in an Italian population

Neurological Sciences volume 36, pages 1889–1895 (2015)Cite this article

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The Cognitive Estimation Test (CET) is widely used by clinicians to assess frontal executive dysfunction. In the present work, the Italian standardization of a new version of the CET is provided. This version consists of two 9-item parallel forms (A and B) that were administered to two hundred and twenty-seven healthy Italian male and female participants aged between 19 and 91 years with 5–24 years of full-time education. Performance on the CET was not related to age or level of education; both forms showed a male CET advantage. The new CET is a useful tool for clinicians and researchers to administer the CET more than once without practice effects, which is considered important when assessing frontal executive abilities.

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We thank all the participants who took part in the standardization of the new CET.

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  1. Psychology Research Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Ospedale San Giuseppe, Via Cadorna 90, 28824, Piancavallo, Oggebbio, VCO, Italy

    Federica Scarpina, Guido E. D’Aniello & Gianluca Castelnuovo

  2. “Rita Levi Montalcini” Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy

    Federica Scarpina & Alessandro Mauro

  3. Division of Neurology and Neuro-Rehabilitation, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Ospedale San Giuseppe, Piancavallo, VCO, Italy

    Alessandro Mauro

  4. Department of Psychology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy

    Gianluca Castelnuovo

  5. Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Sarah E. MacPherson

  6. Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Sarah E. MacPherson

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Scarpina, F., D’Aniello, G.E., Mauro, A. et al. How many segments are there in an orange: normative data for the new Cognitive Estimation Task in an Italian population. Neurol Sci 36, 1889–1895 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-015-2276-0

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Keywords

  • Neuropsychological test
  • Cognitive estimation
  • Executive function
  • Frontal lobe