neuropsychological battery for dementia evaluation

Introduction

A sample battery of testing performed by a neuropsychologist in about 3 hours.

Mini-mental status examination (MMSE)

General behavior & mood

• geriatric depression scale (GDS)
• neuropsychiatric inventory (NPI)

Language

• WAIS-R verbal subscale
• language & speech battery
• Boston naming test
• verbal fluency test

Memory

• California verbal learning test
• Weschler memory scale - logical memory
• Rey-Osterrieth complex figure recall

Perceptual

• Rey-Osterrieth complex figure copy
• complex visual screening tasks

Attention & executive functions

• trailmaking A & B
• WAIS-R digit symbol subtest

More general terms

• neuropsychologic testing

Additional terms

• Folstein Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE)
• geriatric depression scale (GDS)
• Rey-Osterrieth complex figure test (CFT)
• trailmaking test
• Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS)