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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurosurgery. 2015 Nov;77(5):777–785. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000987

TABLE 1.

Neurocognitive Tests Grouped by Principal Domain

Domain Test Abbreviation
Attention WAIS-R/III Digit Span Digit Span
Learning and Memory HVLT-R Total Recall
HVLT-R Delayed Recall
HVLT-R Delayed Recognition
HVLT-R TR
HVLT-R DR
HVLT-R Rec
Processing Speed WAIS-R/III Digit Symbol
Trail Making Test Part A
Digit Symbol
TMTA
Executive Function Trail Making Test Part B
WAIS-R/III Similarities
MAE Controlled Oral Word Association
TMTB
Similarities
COWA
Language MAE Token Test
MAE Visual Naming or Boston Naming Test
Token
Naming
Visuospatial Function WAIS-R/III Block Design Block Design
Motor Function Grip Strength Difference
Grooved Pegboard Test Difference
Grip
Peg
Clinical Trial Battery Composite HVLT-R, TMT, COWA CTB Comp

Abbreviations: WAIS-R, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–Revised; WAIS-III, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–Third Edition; HVLT-R, Hopkins Verbal Learning Test–Revised; MAE, Multilingual Aphasia Examination.