Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery
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The Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery is a combination of neuropsychological test
s used to assessment the possible physical aspects and localization of neurological damage.
The Battery includes:
Neuropsychological test
Neuropsychological tests are specifically designed tasks used to measure a psychological function known to be linked to a particular brain structure or pathway. Tests are used for research into brain function and in a clinical setting for the diagnosis of deficits. They usually involve the...
s used to assessment the possible physical aspects and localization of neurological damage.
The Battery includes:
- Trails A and B (which see how quickly a patient can connect a sequence of numbers (trail A) or numbers and letters (trail B).
- Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT, or Verbal Fluency) - a measure of a person's ability to make verbal associations to specified letters.
- Halstead Category Test (including seven subtests which form three factors: a Counting factor (subtests I and II), a Spatial Positional Reasoning factor (subtests III, IV, and VII), and a Proportional Reasoning factor (subtests V, VI, and VII).)
- Tactual Performance Test
- Rhythm Test
- Speech Sounds Perception Test
- Finger Oscillation Test