How many camels are there in Italy? Cognitive estimates standardised on the Italian population

Neurol Sci. 2003 Apr;24(1):10-5. doi: 10.1007/s100720300015.

Abstract

Objective: We provided the standardisation of a new Cognitive Estimation Task (CET).

Participants: the test was administered to 175 healthy subjects.

Results: performance on the Cognitive Estimation Task (CET) is associated with gender (where women show poorer performance than men) and education (where more highly educated individuals show better performance compared to individuals with lower levels of education). However,CET performance is not associated with age.

Discussion: the lack of age effects on the CET may be explained by the task dependence on "crystallised intelligence", which is less affected by healthy adult ageing than "fluid intelligence".

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Analysis of Variance
  • Cognition Disorders / diagnosis
  • Cognition Disorders / psychology
  • Cognition* / physiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Italy
  • Linear Models
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuropsychological Tests / statistics & numerical data*
  • Sex Factors
  • Statistics as Topic / methods