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Overview of cognitive measures across childhood

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AgeNSHDNCDSBCS70ALSPACMCS
0/1 yearsAge 4 months*:
Age 9 months:
1/2 yearsAge 22 months*:
Age 18 months*:


Age 25 months*:
3 yearsAge 42 months*:
Age 3:
4/5 yearsAge 5:
Age 49 months*:

Age 61 months*:
Age 5:
7 yearsAge 7:
Age 7.5:
Age 7:
8/9 yearsAge 8:
Age 8:

Age 9:
10/11 yearsAge 11:
Age 11:
Age 10:
Age 10:

Age 11:
Age 11:
12/13 yearsAge 12:

Age 13.5:
14/15 yearsAge 15:
Age 15.5:
Age 14:
16/17 yearsAge 16:
Age 16:
Age 17.5:
Age 17***:
Multi-age****Age 3 years 11 months and older*****:
Age 3-5 years 11 months:

Age 6-16 years 11 months:

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Notes. *Tests administered to a randomly selected sub-sample. **Test administered to cohort member, mother and partner. ***MCS7 not available at time of writing. ****Tests administered to children of cohort member. *****Tests completed by a sub-sample.


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Further information:


This page is part of CLOSER’s ‘A guide to the cognitive measures in five British birth cohort studies’.