Normed on
Normed for acquired cognitive disorder population
- stroke
- TBI
- dementia
Assesses?
Attention
Memory
Language
EF
VS skills
Personal Facts
Biographical Info (where were you born)
- *Memory (episodic - LT facts & orientation)
- *Language skills
with dementia & TBI pts-often see delayed, self-corrected responses (probably a mild memory problem)
Symbol Cancellation
Pt is shown symbol and has to cross out all target stimuli on a page in 2 min.
Nonlinguistic task of **visual attention & perception
Also looks at integrity of **visual fields (is there a L field neglect??)
Good to observe **scanning strategies
also looks at:
- *discrimination
- *inhibition
- *response shifting
Confrontation Naming Task
Name objects in 10 pictures
Deficits: aphasia
Delayed response: word retrieval difficulties
- *language
- *semantics/phonology
- *anomia
- *word-retreival
Clock Drawing
Given picture of circle, have to draw clock in it & hands in right position
- *sustained attention
- *memory (working & procedural)
- *EF (planning, monitoring)
- *language (understand directions, retrieve numbers(
- *VS skills
good to check for neglect
Story Retell
Clinician tells a story, pt has to repeat it back exactly
- *auditory memory & comprehension
- *WM
- *language output skills
Auditory Comprehension
yes/no questions about story for story retell task
- *WM
- *lang comprehension
- *language production
Symbol Trails
connect by drawing lines between symbols (smallest to largest, alternating shape, alternating size and shape)
2 min time limit
nonlinguistic task
- *EF
- *atten
- *WM
- *VS skills
Generative Naming Task
verbal fluency task
word search/retrieval
# of animals in a minute as many words beg with M
- *WM
- *lang
- *EF
Design Memory
Pt is shown designs, need to remember what they look like (show for 20 seconds)
then show page with 6 pictures and pt has to point to what they just looked at
nonlinguistic task
- *visual attention
- *memory
- *VS skills
Mazes
Complete the maze, timed
- *EF (planning, mental flexibility, self-monitoring)
- *attention
- *VS skills
Design Generation
shown 4 dots clinician connects them with 4 lines to make a design
Pt has to make as many designs as possibly only using 4 lines without repeating it
nonlinguistic task (creativity/fleixbility)
3 minutes
- *attention
- *EF
- *VS
**higher order thinking, flexibility, self-monitoring, perseveration, use of successful strategies
