Addressing racial inequities in neuropsychological assessment requires international prescriptive standards, not demographically adjusted norms

Michelle Fernandes^{1

2

3}, Adejumoke Idowu Ayede^{4

5

6}, Karen Blackmon⁷

Affiliations

¹ MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. M.C.Fernandes@soton.ac.uk.
² Human Development and Health Academic Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. M.C.Fernandes@soton.ac.uk.
³ Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. M.C.Fernandes@soton.ac.uk.
⁴ Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
⁵ Department of Paediatrics and Neonatology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
⁶ Newborn and Child Survival Research Consortium, Centre for African Newborn Health and Nutrition, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
⁷ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.

Comment

Michelle Fernandes et al. Nat Rev Neurol. 2022 Jun.

. 2022 Jun;18(6):377.

doi: 10.1038/s41582-022-00652-7.

Michelle Fernandes^{1

2

3}, Adejumoke Idowu Ayede^{4

5

6}, Karen Blackmon⁷

¹ MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. M.C.Fernandes@soton.ac.uk.
² Human Development and Health Academic Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. M.C.Fernandes@soton.ac.uk.
³ Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. M.C.Fernandes@soton.ac.uk.
⁴ Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
⁵ Department of Paediatrics and Neonatology, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
⁶ Newborn and Child Survival Research Consortium, Centre for African Newborn Health and Nutrition, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
⁷ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.

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Neuropsychology's race problem does not begin or end with demographically adjusted norms.
Byrd DA, Rivera-Mindt MG. Byrd DA, et al. Nat Rev Neurol. 2022 Mar;18(3):125-126. doi: 10.1038/s41582-021-00607-4. Nat Rev Neurol. 2022. PMID: 35017715 No abstract available.

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