Table 1.
Summary of tests of executive function (from Brandt et al., 2009).
Proposed Domain | Test | Measures | Scores range |
---|---|---|---|
Spontaneous Flexibility and Generativity |
Alternate Uses Test (Guilford, 1978) | Total raw score | 0–36 |
Random Number Generation (Brugger, Monsch, Salmon, & Butters, 1996) | Sum of written trial RNG and oral trial RNG |
0–2 | |
Tinker Toy Test (Koss, Patterson, Mack, Smyth, & Whitehouse, 1998) | Total raw score | 0–13 | |
Inhibition of Prepotent Responses |
D-KEFS Stroop Test (Delis, 2001) | Inhibition trial scaled score | 0–19 |
Hayling Test (Burgess & Shallice, 1997) | Total scaled score | 0–10 | |
Completions & Corrections Test (Manning, 2006) |
Total correct score | 0–12 | |
Planning and Sequencing |
Porteus Maze Test (Porteus, 1965) | Test Age score | 0–17 |
D-KEFS Tower Test (Delis, 2001) | Total achievement scaled score |
0–19 | |
Tic-Tac-Toe (Brandt et al., 2009) | Total correct score | (−16)−16 | |
Concept/Rule Learning and Set Shifting |
D-KEFS Sorting Test (Delis, 2001) | Confirmed sorts scaled score |
0–19 |
Brixton Spatial Anticipation Test (Burgess & Shallice, 1997) |
Total scaled score | 0–10 | |
Verbal Concept Attainment Test (Bornstein, 1982) |
Total correct raw score | 0–24 | |
Decision-Making and Judgment |
Stanford Binet Absurdities Test (Thordike, 1986) |
Total raw score | 0–32 |
Iowa Gambling Test (Bechara, Damasio, Tranel, & Anderson, 1998) | Advantageous selections (C+D deck responses) on block 5 minus block 1 |
(−20)−20 | |
Experimental Judgment Test (Brandt et al., 2009) | Mean percent deviation | – | |
Working Memory and Resource- Sharing |
Trail Making Test (Reitan, 1958) | Time on Part B minus time on Part A |
≤ 600 |
Brief Test of Attention (Schretlen, Bobholz, & Brandt, 1996) | Total correct raw score | 0–20 | |
TEA Telephone Search While Counting (Robertson, Ward, Ridgeway, & Nimmo-Smith, 1994) |
Dual task decrement score | – |