Executive functioning

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/