Table 2.
Cognitive battery of neuropsychological tests administered
Neuropsychological tests | Domain | Test scores |
---|---|---|
Executive interview (EXIT) (Royall et al., 1992) | Executive function | High = poor performance |
Finger tapping (Halstead, 1947) | Fine motor speed | Number of finger taps |
Grooved pegboard (Matthews and Klove, 1964) | Fine visual-motor coordination | Time to completion |
Letter fluency (Ruff et al., 1989) | Semantic memory | Total words for F+A+S |
Letter-number span (Wechsler, 1997) | Working memory | Total numbers and letters |
Letter cancellation test (Geldmacher et al., 2000) | Visuospatial attention/scanning | Time to completion |
Trail-making test (A and B) (Reitan and Wolfson, 1985) | Flexibility | Ratio TrailsB/TrailsA |
Stroop neuropsychological screening test (Trenerry, 1989) | Set shifting/response suppression | Ratio score |
Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) (Gold et al., 1999; Hobart et al., 1999) | All RBANS scores are total scores | |
List learning | Verbal memory/encoding | |
Story memory | Verbal memory/encoding | |
Figure copy | Visuospatial constructional | |
Line orientation | Visuospatial/constructional | |
Picture naming | Language | |
Category fluency | Language | |
Digit span | Attention | |
Digit-symbol coding | Attention/visual processing and encoding | |
List recognition | Delayed memory | |
Story recall | Delayed memory | |
Figure recall | Delayed memory/visuospatial |
Key: F+A+S, Total words starting with ‘F’, ‘A’, ‘S’.