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. 2014 Jul 14;6:149. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00149

Table 2.

Neuropsychological performance tests as administered in 1000BRAINS.

Test (References) Functions Description
Trail making test A and B (taken from CERAD-Plus) (Morris et al., 1989) A: Visual attention, processing speed A: Connecting randomly arranged digits in an ascending order by drawing lines
B: Concept shifting B: Connecting alternately numbers and letters in ascending order
Alters-Konzentrations-Test (AKT)* (Gatterer, 2008) Selective attention Cancel a target figure out of similar distractor figures
D2-R** (Brickenkamp et al., 2010) Selective attention Cancel a target sign out of similar distractor signs
Verbaler Gedächtnistest (Lux et al., 2012) Verbal episodic memory Learning of a 15 words list in 5 trials, with free, cued direct, and delayed recall
Benton-Test (Benton et al., 2009) Visual memory Free recall of 20 figures
Figural memory
Block-Tapping-Test (Schelling, 1997) Visual spatial working memory Repeating a by trial increasing sequence of blocks on a board of 9 blocks, in equal and reverse order
Visual pattern (Jülich version) (similar to: Della Sala et al., 1997) Visual working memory Memorizing a matrix pattern of black and white squares in grids of increasing complexity
Fünf-Punkte-Test (Jülich version) (similar to: Regard et al., 1982) Figural fluency Drawing different designs by connecting 5 dots with lines
Subtest 3 (from Leistungsprüfsystem 50+) (Sturm et al., 1993) Problem solving Identifying (ir)regularity in a row of geometric figures
Zahlennachsprechen (from Nürnberger Alters-Inventar) (Oswald and Fleischmann, 1997) Verbal working memory Repeating a by trial increasing sequence of spoken numbers in equal and reverse order
Regensburger Wortflüssigkeitstest (Aschenbrenner et al., 2000) Semantic/Phonemic verbal fluency Producing words beginning with a given letter(s) or words from specific categories
Boston Naming Test (from CERAD; short form) (Morris et al., 1989) Word retrieval Naming ink drawings of objects with increasing difficulty
Naming
Farb-Wort-Interferenztest (Jülich version) (similar to: Stroop, 1935; Bäumler, 1985) Visual attention Reading words with color meaning; naming the color of colored boxes; naming the color of words with color meaning, printed in a different color
Information processing speed
Susceptibility to interference
Wortschatztest (Schmidt and Metzler, 1992) Vocabulary Identifying real words within a row of 5 pseudo-words
DemTect (Kalbe et al., 2004) Verbal memory
Working memory
Word fluency
Intellectual flexibility

Tests are listed in the order in which they are performed. CERAD, Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease;

*

only used in subject older than 55 years of age,

**

only used in subjects younger than 55 years of age.

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