Swedish normative data and longitudinal effects of aging for older adults: The Boston Naming Test 30-item and a short version of the Token Test

Naming ability and verbal comprehension are cognitive functions that may be affected both by normal aging disease. Neuropsychological testing is crucial to evaluate changes in language reliable normative data for all ages needed. We present clinically useful test norms, together with subsample analysis of longitudinal effects aging, two robust well-known tests naming where the norms older adults (aged 85 older) sparse or missing. Participants (n = 338) from a Swedish population-based study, Elderly Linköping Screening Assessment, were cognitively evaluated screening battery at age years followed 93 years. Normative calculated sample 207) was determined as healthy after application rigorous exclusion criteria. Effects investigated analyzing follow-up performance 90 completed entire study. The this study versions Boston Test 30-item Odd Version (BNT-30) short form Token Test, Part V (TokV). Analyzes showed decreased BNT-30, but not TokV. Higher education associated better men performed than women on BNT-30. Results also more sensitive comprehension.