Neuropsychological test

Neuropsychological tests 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, it 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.

The following list includes commonly used tests.

List of neuropsychological tests

 * Ammons Quick Test
 * Beck Depression Inventory, Anxiety Inventory, and Hopelessness Scale
 * Bender Visual Motor Gestalt (BVMG) Test
 * Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination
 * Boston Naming Test
 * California Verbal Learning Test
 * CANTAB (Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery)
 * CDR Computerized Assessment System
 * Clinical Dementia Rating
 * CNS Vital Signs
 * Cognitive Assessment Screening Instrument (CASI)
 * Cognitive Function Scanner (CFS)
 * Cognitive Symptom Checklists
 * Comprehensive Aphasia Test (CAT)
 * Cognistat (The Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination)
 * CogScreen: Aeromedical Edition
 * Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT or FAS)
 * Continuous Performance Task (CPT)
 * d2 Test of Attention
 * Dean-Woodcock Neuropsychology Assessment System (DWNAS)
 * Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS)
 * Dementia Rating Scale
 * Digit Vigilance Test
 * Figural Fluency Test
 * Finger Tapping (Oscillation) Test
 * General Practitioner Assessment Of Cognition (GPCOG)
 * Grooved Pegboard
 * Halstead Category Test
 * Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery
 * Hayling and Brixton tests
 * Hooper Visual Organization Test
 * Iowa gambling task
 * Kaplan Baycrest Neurocognitive Assessment
 * Kaufman Functional Academic Skills Test
 * Kaufman Short Neuropsychological Assessment
 * Lexical decision task
 * Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological battery
 * Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
 * MCI Screen
 * Memory Assessment Scales
 * MicroCog
 * Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI)
 * Mini mental state examination (MMSE)
 * Mooney Problem Checklist
 * Multilingual Aphasia Examination
 * NEPSY
 * North American Reading Test
 * Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT)
 * Pediatric Attention Disorders Diagnostic Screener (PADDS)
 * Paulhus Deception Scales
 * Personality Adjective Checklist
 * Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status
 * Quick Neurological Screening Test
 * Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test
 * Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure
 * Rivermead Behavioural memory Test
 * Rogers Criminal Responsibility Scale
 * Rorschach test
 * Ruff Figural Fluency Test
 * Sensory Screening Test
 * SCL-90 (Symptom Checklist 90)
 * Shipley Institute of Living Scale
 * Stroop Task
 * Symbol Digit Modalities Test
 * Tactual Performance Test
 * Test of Memory Malingering
 * Test of Memory and Learning (TOMAL)
 * Test of Variables of Attention (T.O.V.A.)
 * Tower of London Test
 * Trail-Making Test (TMT) or Trails A & B
 * Validity Indicator Profile
 * Verbal fluency tests
 * Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)
 * Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV IQ test)
 * Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS)
 * Wechsler Test of Adult Reading
 * Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT-4)
 * Wisconsin card sorting task (WCST)
 * Wonderlic Personnel Test
 * Word Memory Test