LifeCourse A Melbourne Children's Research Initiative

BIS: Neurocognitive development

Relevant LifeCourse Constructs	Year	2010-2013	2010-2013	2010-2013	2010-2014	2011-2014	2011-2014	2011-2014	2011-2014	2012-2014	2012-2015	2014-2016	2020-2022	2019-2025
	Wave	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Age	1st and 2nd trimester	3rd trimester	Birth/perinatal	4 weeks	3 months	6 months	9 months	12 months	18 months	2 years	4 years	7-10 years	9-13 years
	N	1158 mothers enrolled	1158 mothers enrolled	1074 eligible infants	984		927		894		823	909	908	866
Arithmetic reasoning															O:WISC-V-FW ^I
Cognitive functions									O:AnB ^I			P:PARCA ^I
Communicates with gestures											P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I
Communication skills											P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I			P:SCQ ^I	P:SCQ ^I
Executive cognitive functions									P:BIS ^I O:FTII ^I						P:CHEXI ^I T:CHEXI ^I O:NIHTCB-DCCST ^I O:NIHTCB-FICAT ^I
Intelligence									O:FTII ^I
Language development											P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I	P:MCDI-UKSF ^I
Memory									O:AnB ^I						P:CHEXI ^I T:CHEXI ^I
Memory assessment															O:WISC-V-DS ^I O:WISC-V-PS ^I
Motor function								P:BIS ^I	P:BIS ^I	P:BIS ^I
Persistence									P:RITQ ^I ¹
Pervasive developmental disorder														P:SCQ ^I	P:SCQ ^I
Play behaviour									P:HOME ^I		P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I P:HOME ^I		P:BIS ^I
Processing speed															O:WISC-V-Cod ^I O:WISC-V-SS ^I
Social-emotional development									P:BIS ^I		P:CSBS-DP-ITC ^I
Visuospatial reasoning									O:AnB ^I						O:WISC-V-BD ^I O:WISC-V-VP ^I O:WISC-V-MR ^I

Featured measurements

BIS: : Barwon Infant Study-devised measure
CHEXI: : Childhood Executive Functioning Inventory
CSBS-DP-ITC: : Communication and Symbolic Behavior Scales Developmental Profile Infant-Toddler Checklist
FTII: : Fagan Test of Infant Intelligence
HOME: : Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment
MCDI-UKSF: : MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory, UK Short Form
NIHTCB-DCCST: : National Institutes of Health Toolbox Cognition Battery: Dimensional Change Card Sort Test
NIHTCB-FICAT: : National Institutes of Health Toolbox Cognition Battery: Flanker Inhibitory Control and Attention Test
PARCA: : Parent Report of Children's Abilities
RITQ: : Revised Infant Temperament Questionnaire
SCQ: : Social Communication Questionnaire
AnB: : The A-not-B task
WISC-V-BD: : Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children: Fifth edition - Block Design
WISC-V-Cod: : Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children: Fifth edition - Coding
WISC-V-DS: : Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children: Fifth edition - Digit Span
WISC-V-FW: : Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children: Fifth edition - Figure Weights
WISC-V-MR: : Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children: Fifth edition - Matrix Reasoning
WISC-V-PS: : Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children: Fifth edition - Picture Span
WISC-V-SS: : Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children: Fifth edition - Symbol Search
WISC-V-VP: : Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children: Fifth edition - Visual Puzzles

Notes

A selection of items from this scale were used

Legend

B: = Biosample collected
BA: = Biosample analysis
G: = Grandparent(s) completed questionnaire
L: = Data linkage
N: = Nurse completed questionnaire
O: = Observation or direct assessment
Of: = Offspring completed questionnaire
P: = Parent/guardian completed questionnaire
Pe: = Peer completed questionnaire
R: = Records abstraction
S: = Self (primary participant) completed questionnaire
T: = Teacher completed questionnaire
X: = Other source
X ^F: = Pertains to father
X ^Fam: = Pertains to family
X ^G: = Pertains to grandparent(s)
X ^I: = Pertains to primary participant
X ^IP: = Pertains to partner
X ^M: = Pertains to mother
X ^O: = Pertains to offspring
X ^P: = Pertains to parent/guardian(s)
X ^Pe: = Pertains to peers
X ^Si: = Pertains to sibling(s)
X ^T: = Pertains to teacher(s)
X ^X: = Pertains to other reportees

Metadata presented by LifeCourse provides a crucial first step in understanding the available data across studies. It does not take the place of detailed study documentation, which should always be consulted during design and analysis.