. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 31.

Published in final edited form as: J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2013 Apr 3;19(6):709–717. doi: 10.1017/S1355617713000301

Table 1.

Cognitive domains and associated neuropsychological tests that comprise the Global Deficit Score (GDS)

Domain	Tests
Speed of information processing	WAIS-III Digit Symbol WAIS-III Symbol Search Trail Making Test- Part A
Attention/Working memory	PASAT-200 WAIS-III Letter-Number Sequencing
Executive functions	Wisconsin Card Sorting Test-64 card version Trail Making Test-Part B Stroop interference Category Test
Learning	HVLT-R Trials 1–3 BVMT-R Trials 1–3
Memory	HVLT-R Delay
Verbal fluency	COWAT-FAS Animal Fluency
Motor	Grooved Pegboard Dominant Nondominant

Note: WAIS-III= Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Third Edition; PASAT=Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test, HVLT=Hopkins Verbal Learning Test, BVMT=Brief Visuospatial Memory Test, COWAT=Controlled Oral Word Association Test.