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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurosurg. 2015 Nov 27;124(6):1568–1577. doi: 10.3171/2015.5.JNS142788

Table 2.

Neuropsychological Tests in Each Cognitive and Behavioral Domain

Orientation and Attention Concept Formation and Reasoning
Orientation WAIS-Similarities
Digit Span WAIS-Comprehension
Letter-Number Sequencing WAIS-Arithmetic
Spatial Span WAIS-Matrix Reasoning
Sentence Repetition WAIS-Picture Completion
Stroop WAIS-Picture Arrangement
Coding WAIS-Figure Weights
Symbol Search WAIS-Visual Puzzles
TMT A WRAT-Arithmetic
Perception WCST-Categories and Perseverative Errors
JoLO Executive Functions
Benton Faces IGT
Hooper COWA
Memory Category Fluency
AVLT-5′ & AVLT-30′ TMT-B
CFT-recall Personal Adjustment and Emotional Function
BVRT-correct BDI
WMS-indices BAI
Verbal Functions and Language Skills ISPC
BNT MMPI
WAIS Vocabulary Adaptive Functions
WAIS Information Blinded chart review of outcome (e.g. employment, independence, self-care)
Token Test
WRAT-Reading
WRAT-Spelling
ICRT
Construction and Motor Performance
CFT-Copy
WAIS-Block Design
WAIS-Object Assembly
Grooved Pegboard

Abbreviations: TMT A = Trail Making Test A; JoLO = Judgment of Line Orientation; AVLT = Auditory Verbal Learning Test; CFT = Complex Figure Test; BVRT = Benton Visual Retention Test; WMS = Weschler Memory Scale; WAIS = Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; WRAT = Wide Range Achievement Test; ICRT = Iowa-Chapman Reading Test; WCST = Wisconsin Card Sorting Test; IGT = Iowa Gambling Task; COWA = Controlled Oral Word Association; BDI = Beck Depression Inventory; BAI = Beck Anxiety Inventory; ISPC = Iowa Scale of Personality Change; MMPI = Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.