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Neuropsychological assessment can clarify the nature of the disorder and determine the cognitive functioning associated with a disorder. Assessment can also allow the psychologist to understand the developmental progress of the disorder in order to predict future problems and come up with a successful treatment package.
Neuropsychological tests are a core component of the process of conducting neuropsychological assessment, along with personal, interpersonal and contextual factors. Most neuropsychological tests in current use are based on traditional psychometric theory.
An important consideration of any neuropsychological assessment is a basic coverage of all major cognitive functions. The most efficient way to achieve this is the administration of a battery of tests covering: attention , visual perception and reasoning, learning and memory , verbal function, construction, concept formation, executive function ...
Neuropsychology is a branch of psychology concerned with how a person's cognition and behavior are related to the brain and the rest of the nervous system. Professionals in this branch of psychology focus on how injuries or illnesses of the brain affect cognitive and behavioral functions.
Neuropsychological assessment is the measurement of cognition and behaviour, including examining the effects of any brain injury or neuropathological process on brain functioning. Neuropsychological tests provide an assessment of cognitive functioning. Clinical neuropsychological assessment focuses on a person's psychological, personal ...
The Dean–Woodcock Neuropsychological Assessment System (DWNAS) provides a standardized procedure for assessing an individual's sensory, motor, emotional, cognitive, and academic functioning for both English and Spanish speakers, based on the Cattell–Horn–Carroll Model (CHC).
The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status is a neuropsychological assessment initially introduced in 1998. [1]
NEPSY ("A Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment") is a series of neuropsychological tests authored by Marit Korkman, Ursula Kirk and Sally Kemp, that is used in various combinations to assess neuropsychological development in children ages 3–16 years in six functional domains.