Abstract
Ignorance is not an excuse – Irresponsible neurocognitive test use highlights the need for appropriate training
Highlights
Testing, without a critical consideration of the instruments used and the individual they are used with, will result in unethical, culturally insensitive use, and interpretation of, neurocognitive measures
Africa and its people have long been the recipients of such uncritical testing, and one would anticipate that there would be greater sensitivity in the use of such tests (Laher & Cockcroft 2014)
Dickie, Coetsee, Engelbrecht and Terblanche (2019, p. 1) published an article in the journal Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, in which they used the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a screening test for cognitive impairment, with a South African sample in order to argue that coloured1 women had ‘low cognitive function’
Summary
Testing (for either diagnostic or research purposes), without a critical consideration of the instruments used and the individual they are used with, will result in unethical, culturally insensitive use, and interpretation of, neurocognitive measures. Africa and its people have long been the recipients of such uncritical testing, and one would anticipate that there would be greater sensitivity in the use of such tests (Laher & Cockcroft 2014).
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