Table 1.
Memory tests
| Neurocognitive test | Acronym | Memory domain |
|---|---|---|
| Alphabet task | AT | Executive function |
| Benton visual retention test | BVRT | Visuospatial memory |
| Boston naming test | BNT | Verbal fluency (semantic memory) |
| Buschke selective reminding test | BSRT | Verbal learning and verbal memory |
| California verbal learning test | CVLT | Verbal learning and memory |
| Cambridge neuropsychological test automated battery | CANTAB | Verbal and visual memory, learning, working memory, executive function |
| – ST: paired associate learning test | – CANTAB-PAL | – Visual associative memory and learning |
| – ST: rapid visual information processing task | – CANTAB-RVIPT | – Working memory |
| – ST: spatial span | – CANTAB-SS | – Spatial memory span |
| – ST: spatial working memory | – CANTAB-SWM | – Spatial working memory |
| – ST: one-touch stockings of cambridge | – CANTAB-OTSC | – Working memory |
| Controlled oral word association test | COWAT | Verbal fluency (semantic memory) |
| Delayed matching to sample | DMTS | Visual memory and working memory |
| Delayed recall | DR | Long-term episodic memory |
| Digit recall task | DRT | Visual memory |
| Digit span task | DSP | Working memory |
| Digit symbol substitution task | DSST | Visual memory |
| Face–name pair learning | FNPL | Verbal learning |
| Hopkins verbal learning test | HVLT | Verbal learning and memory |
| MicroCog: assessment of cognitive functioning | MicroCog | Logical memory and working memory |
| N-back task | N-BACK | Working memory |
| Omitted numbers | ON | Working memory |
| Paced auditory serial addition test | PASAT | Working memory |
| Repeated acquisition task | RAT | Learning |
| Perceptual priming task | PPT | Implicit memory |
| Pictorial memory task | PMT | Associative memory and retrieval |
| Prose recall | PR | Verbal memory |
| Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test | RAVLT | Verbal learning and memory |
| Rey-Osterrieth complex figure test | CFT | Visuospatial memory |
| Short-delay response task | SDRT | Working memory |
| Spatial working memory task | SWMT | Spatial working memory |
| Subtracting serial sevens | SS7 | Working memory |
| Sternberg memory task | SMT | Working memory |
| Tower of London | TOL | Executive function |
| Verbal fluency task | VFT | Semantic memory |
| Verbal memory task | VMT | Verbal memory |
| Wechsler memory scale | WMS | Memory function |
| Wechsler adult intelligence scale (processing speed index) | WAIS-PS | Working memory |
| Wechsler adult intelligence scale (working memory index) | WAIS-WM | Working memory |
| Wechsler adult intelligence scale (verbal comprehension index) | WAIS-VC | Verbal memory |
| Wisconsin card sorting test | WCST | Executive function, working memory |
| Word recognition task | WRT | Verbal memory |
Abbreviation: ST, subtest.