Neuropsychology's race problem does not begin or end with demographically adjusted norms

Desiree A Byrd^{1

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4}, Monica G Rivera-Mindt^{5

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, CUNY, New York, NU, USA. desiree.byrd@qc.cuny.edu.
² Queens College, CUNY, New York, NU, USA. desiree.byrd@qc.cuny.edu.
³ The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NU, USA. desiree.byrd@qc.cuny.edu.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. desiree.byrd@qc.cuny.edu.
⁵ Department of Psychology, Fordham University, New York, NY, USA.
⁶ Latin American Latina/o Studies Institute, Fordham University, New York, NY, USA.
⁷ Department of African and African American Studies, Fordham University, New York, NY, USA.

Desiree A Byrd et al. Nat Rev Neurol. 2022 Mar.

. 2022 Mar;18(3):125-126.

doi: 10.1038/s41582-021-00607-4.

Desiree A Byrd^{1

2

3

4}, Monica G Rivera-Mindt^{5

6

7}

¹ Department of Psychology, CUNY, New York, NU, USA. desiree.byrd@qc.cuny.edu.
² Queens College, CUNY, New York, NU, USA. desiree.byrd@qc.cuny.edu.
³ The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NU, USA. desiree.byrd@qc.cuny.edu.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. desiree.byrd@qc.cuny.edu.
⁵ Department of Psychology, Fordham University, New York, NY, USA.
⁶ Latin American Latina/o Studies Institute, Fordham University, New York, NY, USA.
⁷ Department of African and African American Studies, Fordham University, New York, NY, USA.

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Comment in

Addressing racial inequities in neuropsychological assessment requires international prescriptive standards, not demographically adjusted norms.
Fernandes M, Ayede AI, Blackmon K. Fernandes M, et al. Nat Rev Neurol. 2022 Jun;18(6):377. doi: 10.1038/s41582-022-00652-7. Nat Rev Neurol. 2022. PMID: 35354981 No abstract available.

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