Demographic corrections (e.g., for sex, education, race, ethnicity) are often applied when assessing cognition in older adults. Assessment options that are less susceptible to demographic factors, while still being quick and easy to administer.

Purpose: To compare demographic effects on an established (paired associates learning) and our performance-based test in older adults.

Hypothesis: Performance-based test would be less susceptible to demographic factors than paired associates learning.

This large convenience sample replicates and expands prior work showing minimal demographic effects for the performance-based test.

 Clinical utility This study complements promising results related to the performance-based test’s clinical utility (e.g., associations with putative biomarkers, diagnostic criteria, everyday functioning, cognition), offering a new approach for screening and monitoring cognitive and functional status in a wider range of older adults without needing to apply or consider demographic corrections. In particular, this assessment could be used in teleneuropsychology to easily and affordably pre-screen for biomarker testing, predict cognitive decline (e.g., prognosis), and/or monitor treatment outcomes.