Table 1c.
Tests | Task descriptions | Test measures |
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Boston Naming Test (BNT) | Task requiring naming 60 visually presented pictures. Semantic and phonemic cues are provided. |
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Thurstone Word Fluency | Task requiring writing down as many words as possible within one minute, first starting with the letter ‘S,’ and then starting with the letter ‘C’ and composed of four letters. |
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Letter Fluency (FAS) | Task requiring saying as many words as possible within one minute starting with the letters F, A, and then S |
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Category Fluency (Animal) | Task requiring naming as many animals as possible within a minute |
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Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) | Task requiring adding the two most recent digits in a series of audio-recorded digits presented continuously and at increasing speeds |
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Digit Vigilance Test | Task requiring crossing out as rapidly as possible the number 6 in two large digit arrays. |
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Grooved Pegboard | Task requiring placing 25 pegs into grooves on a metallic board using first the dominant and then the non-dominant hand |
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California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT) | During this task, a wordlist is first presented in five learning trials, each time requiring immediate repetition of as many words as possible. Delayed recall of the wordlist is then assessed twice, after a short and a long delay. |
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Story Memory Test | During this task, a short story is repeated until participants can repeat at least 15 out of 29 pieces of information, with a maximum of 5 allowed trials. Delayed recall is assessed 4 hr later. |
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Figure Memory Test | During this task, visual designs are presented on 3 successive cards, with presentations repeated up to 5 times, until participants are able to draw the figures from memory with a 15-point accuracy level. Delayed recall is assessed 4 hr later. |
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Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT) | A series of tasks requiring reading a series of words aloud (i.e., reading recognition), choosing the correct spelling of a word among multiple choices, and choosing among four scenes, the one best depicting a short story previously presented in writing. |
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Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (BDAE) Complex Ideational Material | Task requiring answering twelve read-aloud two-part questions, including commonly known facts and brief stories. |
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Notes: eHRB = expanded Halstead-Reitan Battery. Test measures that are starred in this table were excluded from the factor analysis due to normative samples that were separately recruited or inadequate in size.