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NART (NART-2, NAART, NART-R)
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The National Adult Reading Test (NART-2), Second Edition, is a test of premorbid intellectual functioning. This latest edition (1991) was re-standardized for adults aged 20–70. The NART is an untimed measure, consisting of 50 phonetically irregular words. Each word is presented individually, and subjects are required to read each aloud while correct pronunciation implies prior knowledge of the word. Scoring formulae allow for the estimation of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) Verbal Index scores, but not Performance Index scores (Lezak et al. 2012). Blair and Spreen (1989) created the North American Adult Reading Test (NAART), for use within a North American population, which consists of 61 irregular words to be pronounced according to American and Canadian pronunciation systems.
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Nelson initially developed the test in 1982 to help determine premorbid functioning in individuals suspected of...
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Nelson, H. E., & Willison, J. R. (1991a). The revised national adult reading test – Test manual. Windsor: NFER-Nelson.
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Eusebio, E., Venegas, J., Clark, E. (2018). National Adult Reading Test and Orientation (Left–Right). In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_1467
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