{"doi":"10.1093/jpepsy/jsad089","title":"Neurodevelopmental assessments used to measure preschoolers’ cognitive development in Latin America: a systematic review","abstract":"OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to systematically review the standardized neurodevelopmental assessments used to study preschool-aged children's cognitive development in Spanish-speaking Latin America. METHODS: The authors systematically searched PubMed, PsycINFO, and ERIC databases for peer-reviewed articles from Spanish-speaking Latin American countries. Articles were included if they measured cognitive development among children aged 2-6 years using at least one standardized assessment tool; 97 articles were included and reviewed in accordance with PRISMA guidelines to assess their use of these tools. RESULTS: Ninety-seven studies across 13 countries used a total of 41 assessments to measure cognitive development; most widely used were the Wechsler intelligence scales (n = 46/97), particularly the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (n = 23 and 29, respectively). Other common assessments included the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities (n = 9), Raven's Progressive Matrices (n = 9), Child Neuropsychological Assessment (n = 8), and Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (n = 7). In regions where normative data for a given assessment were unpublished, authors commonly used norms from the United States, Mexico, or Spain or did not report standard scores in their analyses. CONCLUSIONS: The wide range of tools used in these studies presents a challenge for generalizing results when measuring the neurodevelopment of Latin American preschool-aged children. The low availability of normative data for specific regions reveals concerns if some tools are culturally and linguistically appropriate even when Spanish is a common language, particularly in low-resource settings. Future work to forge greater consistency in the use of validated measures, clarity in reporting research methods, and publication of regional normative data would benefit the field.","journal":"Journal of Pediatric Psychology","year":2024,"id":455200,"datarank":0.29188652235829704,"base_score":1.9459101490553132,"endowment":1.9459101490553132,"self_citation_contribution":0.29188652235829704,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.29188652235829704,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":43.93130656764911,"corpus_rank":7202,"citation_count":6,"citer_count":2,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":true,"is_dataset_confidence":0.5697,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2024-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":902196,"name":"Elizabeth Corn","orcid":"0000-0001-7363-722X","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1279060,"name":"Santiago Martinez","orcid":"0000-0002-1694-2639","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":239913,"name":"Madison M. Berl","orcid":"0000-0002-2469-1518","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1279061,"name":"Regan Andringa-Seed","orcid":"0009-0003-1937-2349","position":4,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":690832,"name":"Sarah B. Mulkey","orcid":"0000-0002-8084-526X","position":5,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":94469,"name":"Meagan E. Williams","orcid":"0000-0002-4346-0117","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":127,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T02:03:17.458329Z","pmid":"38244996","pmcid":"PMC11098046","fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}