Commonality in Abnormality: "Abnormal" Neuropsychological Scores Are Common in Baseline Testing of Youth Athletes.

CONCLUSIONS: Abnormally low scores in healthy youth occur frequently and do not necessarily represent functional deficits. Cutoffs of 2 SDs should be considered for many tests to increase specificity and reduce the risk of false positive errors that could lead to negative clinical outcomes.
PMID: 32186667 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - March 17, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Watson J, Brown C, Hirst RB, Thompson RC Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: research