OBJECTIVE: The MATRICS consensus cognitive battery (MCCB) is a widely used neuropsychological battery for the assessment of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. However, the accuracy of measurement is dependent on suitable normative data which are in the Czech Republic lacking. METHOD: The Czech academic research translation of the MCCB battery was administered to a sample of healthy volunteers aged 17 to 62 years (N = 573) and the effects of age, education and sex were examined. In addition, a comparison was made to examine the differences between the US and current normative data. RESULTS: Consistent with previous studies, significant effects of age, sex and education were found, however, in sex and education in distinct MCCB-domains. By comparing the original and current normative data, significant differences with small to large effect sizes were revealed in all domains except for Verbal Learning. CONCLUSIONS: We present nationally specific MCCB regression-based and tabular normative data applicable in research and clinical settings.

Department of Neurology and Centre of Clinical Neuroscience 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University and General University Hospital Prague Prague Czech Republic

Department of Psychiatry 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University and General University Hospital Prague Prague Czech Republic

Institute of Psychology The Czech Academy of Sciences Prague Czech Republic

Prague College of Psychosocial Studies Prague Czech Republic

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