Short description of neuropsychological test battery and examined cognitive domains.
| Domain | Test | Short Description of Test |
|---|---|---|
| Simple attention | Digit Span, Forward* | Repeating random number sequences forward. |
| Complex attention/executive function | Trail Making Test, Part B | Drawing lines to connect circles, alternating between numbered and lettered circles consecutively as quickly as possible. |
| Digit Span, Backward* | Repeating random number sequences backward. | |
| Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, Keio version (KWCST) | Placing cards one by one under 4 stimulus cards, according to a principle that the subject must deduce from the pattern of the examiner’s responses to the subject’s placement of the card. Two sessions, each of which is composed of 48 trials. | |
| Memory | Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test | Immediate recall trials after each of 5 repeated oral presentations of a 15-word list. Delayed recall trial after 20 min, followed by recognition of the 15 items among 15 distractor words. |
| Visual-spatial processing | Block Design* | Using 4 or 9 blocks (each block has 2 red, 2 white, and 2 red-white sides) to construct replicas of designs printed in a smaller scale. |
| Language | Animal Naming Test | Naming as many different animals as possible in 1 min. |
| Reasoning/problem solving | Similarities* | Describing how similar 2 words that represent common objects or concepts are. |
| Psychomotor speed | Trail Making Test, Part A | Drawing lines to connect consecutively numbered circles as quickly as possible. |
| Digit Symbol Substitution* | Filling in blanks with symbols that are paired to numbers as quickly as possible for 90 s. |
↵* Subsets of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised.