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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2019 Jul 1;25(8):857–867. doi: 10.1017/S1355617719000614

Table 1.

NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery tests with corresponding gold standard (GS) tests

Cognitive Construct NIH Toolbox Measure GS Measure
Fluid Composite
 Executive – Set Shifting Dimensional Change Card Sort Trail Making Test – Part B
 Executive – Inhibition Flanker Inhibitory Control & Attention Stroop Color Word Test (C/W trial)
 Episodic Memory Picture Sequence Memory RAVLT (total learning trials 1-5)
 Working Memory List Sorting Working Memory WMS-R Digit Span
 Processing Speed Pattern Comparison Processing Speed WAIS-III Digit Symbol
Crystallized Composite Picture Vocabulary + Oral ReadingRecognition AmNART

RAVLT=Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test; WMS-R=Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised; WAIS-III=Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, Third Edition; AmNART=American National Adult Reading Test.