Difference between revisions of "Executive functioning"

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The executive functioning domain encompasses many functions, ranging from set-shifting, inhibition, or recognizing abstract concepts / patterns (Daffner et al, 2015).
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'''Neuropsychological tests of executive functioning'''
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* Antisaccade (tests for inhibiting automatic control over the strong tendency to look at a visual stimulus) (within public domain)
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* Stroop (within public domain)
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* Frontal assessment battery (FAB) (within public domain)
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* Frontal behavioral inventory (FBI) (within public domain)
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* Luria hand-sequencing (within public domain)
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* Proverb test (D-KEFS)
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* Similarities subtest (WAIS-IV)
  
  

Latest revision as of 23:32, 12 June 2021

The executive functioning domain encompasses many functions, ranging from set-shifting, inhibition, or recognizing abstract concepts / patterns (Daffner et al, 2015).


Neuropsychological tests of executive functioning

  • Antisaccade (tests for inhibiting automatic control over the strong tendency to look at a visual stimulus) (within public domain)
  • Stroop (within public domain)
  • Frontal assessment battery (FAB) (within public domain)
  • Frontal behavioral inventory (FBI) (within public domain)
  • Luria hand-sequencing (within public domain)
  • Proverb test (D-KEFS)
  • Similarities subtest (WAIS-IV)


References

Daffner, K. R. et al. Improving clinical cognitive testing: Report of the AAN Behavioral Neurology Section Workgroup. Neurology 85, 910–918 (2015). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26163433/