Color Trails Test: regression-based norms for Russian-speakers
Zarui A Melikyan, Jason R Bock, Anna V Agranovich · 2026
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Zarui Melikyan, Jason Bock, and Anna Agranovich build Russian-language norms for the Color Trails Test, a timed paper test of attention and mental flexibility. Their study appeared in 2026. Scores on the test vary by culture, so imported cutoffs can mislabel healthy people. No norms existed for Russian speakers. The team tested 196 healthy adults aged 18 to 86 and built norms from regression formulas.
Completion time rose with age and fell with more education; sex made no difference. Scores from the new norms ran higher than the manual's norms on the first part of the test. The new norms flagged far fewer people as below average, 7 percent against 18 percent on that part. The authors say local norms prevent needless worry and wrong referrals.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zarui A Melikyan, Jason R Bock, Anna V Agranovich |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 41 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |