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Published in final edited form as: J Geriatr Oncol. 2019 Dec 9;11(2):297–303. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2019.11.007

Table 1:

Neuropsychological Tests

Domain	Instrument	Description	Range
Language	Verbal Fluency Test³⁶	Subject is asked to name as many animals as possible in 1 minute.	0-No maximum. Higher is better
	Modified Boston Naming 15³⁷	Subject is asked to name 15 objects presented with high, medium and low frequency of occurrence.	0–15 (Higher is better)
Learning & Memory	Word List Learning³⁸	Subject is asked to read 10 printed words presented at the rate of 1 every 2 seconds on the first trial. Then subject is then asked to recall as many words as possible. The 10 words are presented in a new random order and the subject tries to recall all 10 on two subsequent trials. The score for Trial #3 is used for analysis.	0–10 (Higher is better)
	Delayed Recall³⁸	Free recall of the 10 words presented in Word List Learning	0–10 (Higher is better)
	Word List Recognition³⁸	Recognition of the 10 words presented in Word List Memory mixed with 10 distractor words.	0–10 (Higher is better)
Visuospatial Skills	Praxis 2D and 3D Figures³⁹	Four line-drawings of figures of increasing complexity are presented to the subject for copying.	0–11 (Higher is better)
Executive Functioning	Trail Making Test Part A⁴⁰	Subject is asked to draw lines to connect consecutively numbered circles quickly as they can.	0-No maximum. (Lower is better)
	Trail Making Test Part B⁴⁰	Subject is asked to draw lines to connect consecutively numbered and lettered circles on Part B, as quickly as they can.	0-No maximum. (Lower is better)