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. 2018 Sep 17;75(12):1502–1510. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2018.2628

Table 1. Neuropsychological Test Battery for Children 6 Years or Older.

Test, Domain, and Constructs Measures Test Variables
WASI for intelligence
Overall cognitive ability Full-scale IQ (includes 2 subtests below)
Verbal reasoning Vocabulary score
Visual reasoning Matrix reasoning score
WISC-IV coding or WAIS-III digit symbol for processing speeda
Graphomotor speed No. of symbols copied in time limit
WISC-IV digit span or WAIS-III digit span for attentiona
Attention span or verbal working memory Total No. of digits recited correctly
CVLT-C or CVLT-II for learning and memorya
Verbal learning No. of words recalled in trials 1-5
Verbal memory No. of words retrieved for short-delay free recall, short-delay cued recall, long-delay free recall, long-delay cued recall, and recognition memory
ROCF recall and recognition for learning and memory
Visual memory Short-term and long-term recall, recognition memory
ROCF copy for executive functioning
Visual organization Total accuracy score
COWA for executive functioning
Novel verbal generation Total No. of words generated
Grooved Pegboard Test for visual-motor functioning
Fine motor dexterity for visual-motor functioning Time to place all the pegs in the board
VMI-5
Graphomotor accuracy Total accuracy score

Abbreviations: COWA, Controlled Oral Word Association; CVLT-C, California Verbal Learning Test–Children; CVLT-II, California Verbal Learning Test, Second Edition; ROCF, Rey Osterrieth Complex Figure Test; VMI-5, Beery Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration, Fifth Edition; WAIS-III, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Third Edition; WASI, Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence; WISC-IV, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition.

a

The WAIS-III and CVLT-II were used for participants 17 years or older at follow-up.