Neuropsychology

Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status Update (RBANS™ Update)        Christopher Randolph   Offering valuable enhancements, the RBANS Update provides a brief, individually administered battery to measure cognitive decline or improvement across these domains: Immediate Memory – List Learning and Story.....read more

Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test™ (RAVLT™) Michael Schmidt, PhD, ABPP, ABN This handbook brings together more than a dozen versions of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT)—including various forms and stimulus sheets, in various languages, using various recognition and recall strategies. The RAVLT is widely used to evaluate.....read more

Rey Complex Figure Test and Recognition Trial (RCFT) J.E. Meyers & K.R. Meyers The RCFT standardizes the materials and procedures for administering the Rey complex figure. The Recognition trial measures recognition memory for the elements of the Rey complex figure and assesses the respondent's ability to use cues to retrieve information. RCFT.....read more

Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test - Third Edition (RBMT-3) B A Wilson, E Greenfield, L Clare, A Baddeley, J Cockburn, P Watson, R Tate,S Sopena, R Nannery & J Crawford   The original Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test (RBMT) was published in 1985 (Wilson, Cockburn, & Baddeley, 1985). It was designed to (a) predict everyday memory problems in.....read more

Rookwood Driving Battery (RDB) Patricia McKenna The Rookwood Driving Battery consists of a battery of simple neuropsychological tests designed to assess basic cognitive functions essential for safe driving. The domains of functioning assessed include visual perception, praxis skills, and executive function. Each of the skills tested.....read more

Short Parallel Assessments of Neuropsychological Status (SPANS) Dr Gerald Burgess The Short Parallel Assessments of Neuropsychological Status (or 'SPANS') is a short battery of cognitive tasks that produce seven reliable index scores including Orientation, Attention/Concentration, Language, Memory/Learning, Visuo-Motor Performance, Efficiency.....read more

Stroop Color and Word Test C.J. Golden, Ph.D. and Shawna M. Freshwater Here is a standardised version of the Stroop Color and Word Test, which maximizes the benefits of this popular measure of cognitive processing. The Stroop is based on the observation that individuals can read words much faster than they can identify and name colors. The.....read more

Stroop Neuropsychological Screening Test (SNST) M.R. Trenerry, Ph.D., B.Crosson, Ph.D., .J DeBoe, Ph.D. & W.R. Leber, Ph.D. This standardised version of the Stroop consists of two parts. In the Color Task, the individual reads aloud a list of 112 color names in which no name is printed in its matching color. In the Color-Word Task, the.....read more

Structured Inventory of Malingered Symptomatology™ (SIMS™) G.P. Smith, Ph.D., Professional Manual by M.R. Widows, Ph.D., & G.P. Smith, Ph.D.   The SIMS is a 75-item, true/false screening instrument that assesses for both malingered psychopathology and neuropsychological symptoms. The instrument reduces clinician burden and increases.....read more

Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) Aaron Smith. The Symbol Digit Modalities Test (SDMT) detects cognitive impairment in less than 5 minutes. This simple, economical test is an ideal way for busy clinicians to screen for organic cerebral dysfunction in both children (8 years and older) and adults. Brief, easy to administer, and much less.....read more

Test of Everyday Attention (TEA) I. H. Robertson, I. Nimmo-Smith, T. Ward, V. Ridgeway The TEA has three parallel versions, is ecologically plausible and acceptable to patients. It is sensitive enough also to show normal age effects in the normal population. The test gives a broad-based measure of the most important clinical and theoretical.....read more

Test of Premorbid Functioning - UK Version (TOPF UK) D Wechsler A revised and updated version of the Wechsler Test of Adult Reading, the TOPF enables clinicians to estimate an individual's level of intellectual functioning before the onset of injury or illness. This new assessment tool is:    An effective method for predicting full-scale IQ.....read more

Validity Indicator Profile (VIP) R.I. Frederick Designed to help meet the increasing need for a well-validated, psychometrically sound test that can provide empirical support in courtrooms and other legal institutions, the VIP test provides a broad spectrum of information about an individual’s performance on an assessment battery. As a.....read more

Visual Object and Space Perception Battery (VOSP) Elizabeth K Warrington and Merle James Neuropsychological investigations have established that highly specific impairments of cognitive function can occur following brain damage. A comprehensive neuropsychological assessment must reflect this specificity and include tasks that focus on specific.....read more

Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) D.A. Grant and E.A. Berg Although the WCST is used primarily to assess perseveration and abstract thinking, it has gained increasing popularity as a neuropsychological instrument. It has been considered a measure of executive function because of its reported sensitivity to frontal lobe dysfunction. As such, the.....read more