Neurocognitive testing Flashcards
Why would you administer an IQ test?
General aptitude assessment
Uncover LD’s
Helpful for edu / job counseling
What is the only thing IQ is good for predicting?
Short-term academic success
What is the scale that gives you an idea of global intellectual ability?
WAIS-4
What are the 4 ways scores can be interpreted with the WAIS-IV?
Full Scale IQ
4 index scores
General ability index (verbal comprehension and perceptual reasoning)
Subtest scores
What are 3 ways that you can test verbal comprehension?
Vocabulary - best indicator of pre-morbid functioning
Information - good indicator of pre-morbid functioning and long term memory
Similarities - abstract reasoning
What are the 3 ways you can test perceptual reasoning?
Block Design - culturally fair / + what matrix tests
Matrix reasoning - abstract reasoning / problem solving
Visual puzzles - spatial reasoning
How do you test working memory?
Digit span test
Arithmetic: subtract 7 from 100 sequentially
How do you test processing speed?
Symbol search
Coding
What is the difference between achievement vs. aptitude?
Achievement = what you've learned in past Aptitude = predictor of future behavior
What are the 4 types of tests used in testing attention?
Trail making test
Digit span
Arithmetic
Stroop
Which parts of the brain are you testing in language and what are some test that you can use?
Frontal and temporal
Boston naming
Controlled oral word association
Category fluency
What part of the brain do you test with visual-spatial testing? What are some tests you use?
Parietal and Occipital lobe
Benton test of visual attention
Bender test
Block design
Object assembly
Look for all the agnosias and neglect
What are some memory tests?
Weschler memory scale Hopkin verbal learning test Rey auditory verbal learning test Digit span Information Bender/Benton
What is executive functioning? What do we assess for?
Ability to produce cognition and behavior in a planned, organized, and responsive manner.
Flexibility vs. Perseveration Initiation vs. abulia Self-awareness vs. obliviousness Plan vs. impulsive Abstract vs. concrete
What are the tests we run for executive functioning?
Wisconsin Card Sort
Letter number sequencing
Trail making
Color word interface
