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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2014 Dec 31;41:45–54. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.12.020

Table 1. Neuropsychological Assessment Battery testing domains and assessments.

Domain Neuropsychological Test Specific Assessment
Cognitive Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI)26
  1. Vocabulary subtest

  2. Matrix reasoning subtest

Verbal, non-verbal and general intellectual abilities
Memory Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning-2nd Edition (WRAML-2)27
  1. Story-memory task

  2. Verbal learning task

  3. Design memory task

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
  1. Finger Windows task

  2. Number Letter task

  3. Sentence Memory task

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
  1. Trail making task

  2. Tower task

  3. Verbal fluency task

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
  1. Rapid number naming subtestb

  2. Rapid letter naming subtest

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