Reliability and normative standards of CANTAB tests for cognitive assessment in Russian children and adolescents
= 101) showed good-to-excellent reliability for Spatial Working Memory (SWM errors, ICC = 0.72) and Reaction Time (RTI) accuracy, but poorer reliability for Stockings of Cambridge (SOC) planning measures. Analyses revealed minimal gender effects but robust age-related improvements across most cognitive domains, particularly in visuospatial working memory (SWM), recognition memory (SRM), and processing speed (RTI), reflecting the maturation of executive functions. These age-related differences align with international findings. This work provides the first comprehensive reliability and normative data for CANTAB in Russian schoolchildren. It validates the use of specific, reliable parameters (e.g. SWM errors) for clinical and research applications and supplies essential age-stratified norms for accurate cognitive assessment in this population.
Authors
- Sergey Malykh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3786-7447)
- Elena Likhomanova
- Anastasia Kovaleva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7377-3408)
- Victoria Ismatullina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5096-4313)
- Alena Deviaterikova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7666-1089)
Institutions
- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RU)
- Institut thématique Génétique, génomique et bioinformatique (FR)
- Dmitry Rogachev National Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology (RU)
- Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics (US)
- Medical Technologies (Czechia) (CZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Child Neuropsychology
- Published
- 2026-05-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2026.2669618
- Primary Topic
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00