The project aims to develop new tools for assessment of memory in bilingual adults. This project seeks to facilitate the development of appropriate and valid cognitive measures to improve diagnosis and to reduce health disparities for Spanish speaking adults.
Language minority populations are particularly vulnerable members of our society (NIH, 2001). Research on cognitive impairment and clinical assessment of cognitive abilities in Spanish speaking adults has been constrained by the lack of appropriate methodologies for assessment and by the extremely limited availability of valid published cognitive assessment tests and norms for Hispanic and Spanish speaking individuals residing in the U.S. The paucity of appropriate assessment tools and strategies for Spanish speakers limits the ability of psychiatrists and neurologists to identify, let alone diagnose, memory and other cognitive impairment in the population.
This project is directed toward the development of a primary Spanish language test of memory with the goal of making it comparable in all respects to a commonly used, well established (English) measure. Students will have the opportunity to interview and screen potential participants and to learn about the methodologies for test development and approaches to memory assessment. A variety of measures of language processing will be employed to analyze performance related to language proficiency. In addition, the role of other novel variables, as well as traditional demographic variables, on performance will be analyzed.
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| Name: | Josette G. Harris, Ph.D. | |
| Department: | Psychiatry | |
| Location: | 4200 E. 9th Avenue; Box C268-71 | |
| Denver, CO 80262 | ||
| Contact: | 303-315-4610 | |
| josette.harris@uchsc.edu | ||
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| Openings: | 1 | |
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