Table 1.
Description of neuropsychological tasks by cognitive domain with references to age-adjusted normative data used for scoring
| Assesses | |
|---|---|
| Executive Functioning-Processing Speed Domain | |
| Trail Making Test Part B (33) | This test measures cognitive flexibility and sequencing. It involves connecting randomly arranged numbers and letters on a page. |
| Controlled Oral Word Association (34) | This test measures ability to initiate and maintain effort. It involves rapidly producing words beginning with specified letters. |
| Stroop Color Word Test-Interference (35) | This test measures ability to shift perceptual sets and inhibit overlearned responses. It involves stating the ink color in which an incongruent word is printed. For example, the word “red” is printed in green ink. |
| WAIS-IV Coding (36) | This test measures psychomotor speed and visual-motor coordination. It involves matching symbols with numbers according to a key at the top of the page and thus, includes an executive functioning component. |
| Memory Domain | |
| California Verbal Learning Test-II (37) Trials 1-5 Immediate Recall |
Immediate recall of a list of words. |
| Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-R (38) Trials 1-3 Total Immediate Recall |
Immediate recall of a display of figures. |
| California Verbal Learning Test-II (37) Delayed Free Recall |
Delayed recall for a list of words. |
| Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-R Delayed Free Recall |
Delayed recall of a display of figures. |
| Language Domain | |
| Boston Naming Test (39) | Ability to name pictures of objects. |
| Category Fluency (40) | Timed word generation task based on a category (i.e., animals). |
| Visuospatial Skill Domain | |
| WAIS-IV Block Design (36) | Visuospatial construction and visual abstract problem solving using blocks. |
| Hooper Visual Organization Test (41) | Ability to visually integrate information into whole perceptions. |