Table 1. Neuropsychological Assessment Battery testing domains and assessments.
Domain | Neuropsychological Test | Specific Assessment |
---|---|---|
Cognitive |
Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI)26
|
Verbal, non-verbal and general intellectual abilities |
Memory |
Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning-2nd Edition (WRAML-2)27
|
Learning/memory (acquisition, storage, retrieval), immediate recall for just-presented material and retention/recall of verbal or visual information |
Attention |
Conners Continuous Performance Test (2ndEd)28 Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning-2nd Edition (WRAML-2)27
|
Ability to sustain attention, inhibit incorrect responses, hold information briefly in mind and manipulate it |
Executive functioning | Wisconsin Card Sorting Task (WCST-Short Form 64)29 | Problem solving strategy |
Delis-Kaplin Executive Functioning System (D-KEFS)30
|
Planning, impulsivity/inhibition and abstract reasoning/problem solving | |
Fine motor development and visual-spatial skills | Beery Visual-Motor Integration Test (Sixth Ed)31 | Fine motor speed and dexterity, visual interpretation and discrimination |
Grooved Pegboard32 | ||
Beery Visual Perception Test (Sixth Ed)31 | ||
Beery Motor Coordination (Sixth Ed)31 | ||
Judgment of Line Orientation Test33 | ||
Language | Boston Naming Test34 | Confrontational word retrieval |
Processing speed |
Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing35
|
Reading-related phonological processing skills |
Multiple brain functions | National Center for Toxicological Research-Operant Test Battery (NCTR-OTB)44 | Learning, color and position discrimination, time perception, motivation and short-term memory; utilized for direct comparison between humans and laboratory animals, in particular, nonhuman primates |