Age-related differences in the predictive ability of executive functions for intelligence Analysis of NAB Executive Functions Module and WAIS-IV Scores

作者：Buczylowska Dorota^*; Daseking Monika; Petermann Franz

来源：Zeitschrift fur Neuropsychologie, 2016, 27(3): 159-171.

DOI：10.1024/1016-264X/a000179

• executive functions
• intelligence
• cognitive aging
• Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (NAB)
• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV)

The Executive Functions Module of the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (NAB) and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) were used to investigate age-related differences in the predictability of intelligence with executive functions. The NAB subtests age and sex better predicted the WAIS-IV index scales and the Full Scale IQ in the older than in the younger age group, with total variance explained up to 75% in 60-to 88-year-olds and up to 46% in 18-to 59-year-olds. The NAB subtests Categories and Word Generation were most frequently included, whereas Letter Fluency was least frequently included in the best-fitting models of WAIS-IV prediction. Mazes predicted better in the younger age group, whereas Judgment predicted better in the older age group.

• 出版日期2016-9