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. 2016 Aug 30;18(12):1656–1663. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/now165

Table 1.

Neurocognitive tests grouped by principal domain

Measure Abbreviations Norms
Attention
WAIS-R/III Digit Span Digit Span Wechsler, 1981; Wechsler, 1997
Learning and Memory
HVLT-R Total Recall HVLT-R TR Benedict, Schretlen, Groninger, & Brandt, 1998
HVLT-R Delayed Recall HVLT-R DR Benedict, Schretlen, Groninger, & Brandt, 1998
HVLT-R Recognition Discrimination HVLT-R Recog Benedict, Schretlen, Groninger, & Brandt, 1998
Processing Speed
WAIS-R/III Digit Symbol Digit Symbol Wechsler, 1981; Wechsler, 1997
Trail Making Test Part A TMTA Tombaugh, 2004
Executive Function
Trail Making Test Part B TMTB Tombaugh, 2004
WAIS-R/III Similarities Similarities Wechsler, 1981; Wechsler, 1997
MAE Controlled Oral Word Association COWA Ruff, Light, Parker, & Levin, 1996
Language
MAE Token Test Token Benton, Hamsher, & Sivan, 2000
MAE Visual Naming Test or Boston Naming Test Naming Benton, Hamsher, & Sivan, 2000; Heaton, Miller, Taylor, & Grant, 2004
Visuospatial Function
WAIS-R/III Block Design Block Design Wechsler, 1981; Wechsler, 1997
Motor Function
Grooved Pegboard- Left Hand Peg- Left Heaton, Miller, Taylor, Grant, 2004
Grooved Pegboard- Right Hand Peg- Right Heaton, Miller, Taylor, Grant, 2004

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

As described and cited in Noll et al.3 Adapted from Ref.3 and used with permission.