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Published in final edited form as: Curr Geriatr Rep. 2018 Jan 26;7(1):19–25. doi: 10.1007/s13670-018-0236-2

TABLE 1.

Example of a Brief, In-Office Neurocognitive Battery

Domains	Example tests

Language	Category (Animal, Vegetable) naming
	Letter (F,A,S) fluency
	15-item Boston naming

Working memory	Digit span forward
	Digit span backward

Episodic memory	Word list recall (Hopkins, California Verbal Learning Test)
	Paragraph recall

Visual construction	Clock drawing

Psychomotor speed	Trailmaking A

Executive function	Trailmaking B
	Digit symbol substitution

Abstraction	Similarities and differences
	Proverb interpretation

Concentration	Months in reverse order
	Counting backward from 20

Global measurement (Choose one)	Mini-mental State Exam
Global measurement (Choose one)	Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Mood (Choose one)	Geriatric Depression Scale
	Patient Health Questionnaire (9, 4, or 2 item)
	Hospital anxiety and depression scale

Memory Self-Report (Choose one)	Cognitive Change Index
Memory Self-Report (Choose one)	Cognitive Function Instrument

Informant Global Rating (Choose one)	Quick Dementia Rating Scale
Informant Global Rating (Choose one)	AD8