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Corsi Block Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability (WNV)
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Corsi Block Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability (WNV).
Classification
Supplemental: Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Short Description of Instrument
The Corsi block-tapping task is a widely used test to assess visuospatial working memory. The test is traditionally administered using nine square blocks positioned on a wooden board, but there are many digital versions and a version has been incorporated into a number of Wechsler tests. The examinee is required to reproduce a sequence of blocks tapped by the examiner by tapping the blocks in the same or backward order.
 
The Spatial Span subtest from the Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability (WNV) (Wechsler& Naglieri, 2006) is derived from the Corsi tasks and utilizes the same response demands with a ten block array. The WNV has normed scores for ages 4–21.
 
Administration: Sequential pointing.
Administration Time: 5 minutes.
Accessibility: MACS I-II/III.
Comments/Special Instructions
Research that utilizes the Corsi tasks have shown that CP entails risk for difficulties with sequence-learning, performance predicts early math skills, and is associated with improvements in memorized joint positions when given a longer time to learn the positioning.
Scoring
Scoring: Manual or computerized scoring; primary scores are provided for forward span, backward span and total.
Scoring Options: Manual scoring.
References
Wechsler D & Naglieri JA. (2006a). Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability Administration and Scoring Manual [Internet]. Psychological Corporation. 2006.
 
Wechsler D & Naglieri JA. (2006b). Wechsler Nonverbal Scale of Ability Technical Manual. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation.
 
Additional References:
 
Berch DB, Krikorian R, Huha EM. The Corsi block-tapping task: methodological and theoretical considerations. Brain Cogn. 1998;38(3):317-338.
Corsi PM. Human memory and the medial temporal region of the brain [Doctoral Dissertation]. Montreal, Quebec: McGill University, 1972.
 
Gagliardi C, Tavano A, Turconi AC, Pozzoli U, Borgatti R. Sequence learning in cerebral palsy. Pediatr Neurol. 2011;44(3):207-213.
 
Gagliardi C, Tavano A, Turconi AC, Borgatti R. Sequence memory skills in Spastic Bilateral Cerebral Palsy are age independent as in normally developing children. Disab Rehab. 2013;35(6):506-512.
 
Goble DJ, Aaron MB, Warschausky S, Kaufman JN, Hurvitz EA. The influence of spatial working memory on ipsilateral remembered proprioceptive matching in adults with cerebral palsy. Exp Brain Res. 2012;223(2):259-269.
 
Pueyo R, Junque C, Vendrell P, Narberhaus A, Segarra D. Neuropsychologic impairment in bilateral cerebral palsy. Pediatr Neurol. 2009;40(1):19-26.
 
Van Rooijen M, Verhoeven L, Steenbergen B. From numeracy to arithmetic: Precursors of arithmetic performance in children with cerebral palsy from 6 till 8 years of age. Res Dev Disab. 2015;45-46:49-57.
 

 

Document last updated February 2018