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Neuropsychological measures or Neuropsychological tests are psychological measures used in neuropsychological assessment and perhaps as part of a neurological assessment

They are specifically designed tasks used to measure a psychological function known to be linked to a particular brain structure or pathway. They usually involve the systematic administration of clearly defined procedures in a formal environment. Neuropsychological tests are typically administered to a single person working with an examiner in a quiet office environment, free from distractions. As such, in can be argued that neuropsychological tests at times offer an estimate of a person's peak level of cognitive performance. Neuropsychological tests are a core component of the process of conducting neuropsychological assessment.

Most neuropsychological tests in current use are based on traditional psychometric theory. In this model, a person's raw score on a test is compared to a large general population normative sample, that should ideally be drawn from a comparable population to the person being examined. Normative studies frequently provide data stratified by age, level of education, and/or ethnicity, where such factors have been shown by research to affect performance on a particular test. This allows for a person's performance to be compared to a suitable control group, and thus provide a fair assessment of their current cognitive functioning.

List of neuropsychological tests

• California Verbal Learning Test
• Controlled word association task (COWAT or FAS)
• Continuous Performance Task (CPT)
• Iowa gambling task
• Lexical decision task
• Mini mental state examination (MMSE)
• Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT)
• Pediatric Attention Disorders Diagnostic Screener (PADDS)
• Rey-Osterreith Complex Figure
• Slosson Drawing Coordination Test (SDCT)
• Stanford-Binet IQ test
• Stroop task
• Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA®)
• Tower of London Test
• Trail-Making Test (TMT or Trails A and Trails B)
• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS IQ test)
• Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS)
• Wisconsin card sorting task (WCST)
• Barnes Akathisia Scale

Neuropsychological screening measures

Main article: Neuropsychological screening measures

These are measures developed for screening purposes, to provide a snap shot of any deficits with an instrument that is easy and quick to administer. Any propblems identified can then be further investigated using more robust tests.

Neuropsychological test batteries

Main article: Neuropsychological test batteries

These are suites of psychoneurological

Measures used with particular groups

• Neuropsychological tests for children

• Neurological assessment with older adults

Measures of particular areas

• Tests of attention

• Tests of executive function

• Measures of language ability

• Tests of memory

• Neuropsychological measures of perception

• Tests of reasoning and problem solving

• Sensorimotor measures

• Tests of social cognition

• Tests of visuomotor coordination

• Tests of premorbid ability

Measures used for particular disorders

• Tests for assessing people with long-term neurological conditions

• Neuropsychological assessment of aphasia

• Symptom validity measures

Measures for sorting

• Body Sway Testing
• Boston Naming Test,
• Wisconsin Card Sorting Test,
• Controlled Oral Word Association
• Woodcock-Johnson.

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See also

• Brain damage
• Clinical neuropsychology
• Penetrating head injury
• Neurocognitive
• Neuroimaging
• Neuropsychology
• Psychological testing
• The role of the neuropsychologist
• Traumatic brain injury

Bibliography

Key texts – Books

• Lezak, MD, Howieson, DB & Loring DW (2004) Neuropsychological Assessment (4th ed).OUP
• Speen, O., & Strauss, E. (1981). A compendium of neuropsychological tests: Administration, norms, and commentary. New York: Oxford University Press.

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