About Us
Global Neuropsychology, Inc. (GNI) is a public, nonprofit organization that aims to advance public health by providing the infrastructure required for two projects.
GNA
Global Neuropsychology, Incorporated (GNI). This project involves translating a set of mental tests into as many languages as possible and collecting reference (normative) data in as many countries as possible. The GNA can be used for children and adults. It does not require literacy or writing. We are translating the GNA and collecting reference data for its use by clinicians and researchers. The GNA has five alternate forms, making it useful for repeated testing. We provide free access to test forms and scoring to collaborators who contribute to this project.
INNDI
International Neuropsychological Normative Database Initiative (INNDI). This project compiles previously published normative data collected by researchers from around the world for such cognitive tests as the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Digit Span, Animal Naming, Clock Drawing, Trail Making, and Rey Auditory Verbal Learning tests.
Both projects
GNA and INNDI both aim to develop global regression-based norms for cognitive tests. They enable the user to compare a test-taker’s performance to healthy persons who are the same age, sex, educational background, and nationality who are tested in the same language. Such norms increase the precision of mental measurement and enable researchers to conduct multinational investigations of how a disease, injury, treatment, and other factors affect cognitive performance.
GNI Team
Board of Directors
President
David J. Schretlen, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Radiology
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland USA
Secretary
Christina M. Figueroa, PhD
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Arizona Neurology Associates
Sun City, Arizona USA
Treasurer
Ralph H.B. Benedict, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Psychology
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
University at Buffalo School Buffalo, New York USA
Current Science Advisors
Mehak Mohindru, MS
Research Assistant
Toronto, Canada
Lauren T. Olsen, MA
Doctoral Candidate
St. Louis, Missouri USA
Lindsay Morra, PhD
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Baltimore, Maryland USA
Emily Duggan, PhD
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Baltimore, Maryland USA
Jeremy M. Raines, MS
Doctoral Candidate
Grand Forks, North Dakota USA
Consultant
Christopher Cranston, PhD
Clinical Neuropsychologist
Baltimore, Maryland USA
Website
Ashley Raines
Software Engineer
Middletown, Virginia USA
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