Neuropsychological Testing

A wide range of cognitive functions are evaluated using standardized neuropsychological tests:

• Memory span and working memory (Digit-Span forward and backward from HAWIE-R, the German version of WAIS-IIIR)
• Semantic memory (Word-Fluency test in written and spoken versions from LPS)
• Selective attention, vand attentional endurance (D2-R)
• lateralization and motor functions (Perdue Pegboard Test)
• Crystallized intelligence (Multiple-Choice Word Test; MWT-B)
• General cognitive status (Mini-Mental-State-Examination; MMSE)
• Different aspects of verbal memory (Verbal Learning and Memory Tests; VLMT, a German version of the RAVLT)
• Psycho-motor performance, speed of processing (Digit-Symbol-Test from HAWIE)
• Interference control, inhibition (Stroop-Test from Nürnberg Aging Inventar (NAI))
• Speed of processing and task switching (Trail-Making-Test; TMT-A and TMT-B)
• Logical reasoning (performance testing system LPS-3)
• Spatial rotation (performance testing system LPS-7)
• Non-verbal intelligence (Raven’s Progressive Matrices 2)

All neuropsychological tests will be used to generate the g-factor indicating fluid intelligence.