Neuropsychological testing
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Neuropsychological testing is a key diagnostic tool for assessing people with dementia and mild cognitive impairment, but can also help in other neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury and epilepsy. While cognitive screening tests offer gross information, detailed neuropsychological evaluation can provide data on different cognitive domains (visuospatial function, memory, attention, executive function, language and praxis) as well as neuropsychiatric and behavioural features. We should regard neuropsychological testing as an extension of the neurological examination applied to higher order cortical function, since each cognitive domain has an anatomical substrate. Ideally, neurologists should discuss the indications and results of neuropsychological assessment with a clinical neuropsychologist. This paper summarises the rationale, indications, main features, most common tests and pitfalls in neuropsychological evaluation.
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- Authors
- Zucchella, C., Federico, A., Martini, A., Tinazzi, M., Bartolo, M., & Tamburin, S.
- Affiliations
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona (IT)
- University of Verona (IT)
- Keele University (GB)
- Neurology Unit, Verona University Hospital, Verona, Italy
- Department of Rehabilitation, Neurorehabilitation Unit, Habilita, Zingonia, Italy
- Corresponding author
- Tamburin, Stefano
- Venue
- Practical Neurology
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2018-02-22
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 227-237
- ISSN
- 1474-7758 (ISSN-L)
- 1474-7766
- OpenAlex
- W4254711427
- Semantic Scholar
- 3c8c7676d41d015a78716c39c43096889784cd29
- Cited by
- 74
- References
- 22
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 2.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- eprints.keele.ac.uk
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Practical Neurology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Keele Research Repository (Keele University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- HighWire Press Open Archive (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Historical and Modern Theater Studies
- Keywords
- neuropsychological assessment, cognitive screening tests, dementia, mild cognitive impairment, Parkinson's disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, cognitive domain, neuropsychiatric symptoms, behavioral characteristics, clinical neuropsychology
- MeSH terms
- Cognition Disorders, Humans, Learning Disabilities, Nervous System Diseases, Neuropsychological Tests, Outcome Assessment, Health Care
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