Memory Scales: Weschler and Randt Memory Scales
A standardized test measuring four different facets of memory, used to assess learning and memory. This test is done because difficulty with memory is a common complaint of most patients.
WMS-III (Wechsler Memory Scale)
A standardized memory test measuring four different facets of memory, used to assess learning and memory. This test is done because difficulty with memory is a common complaint of most patients. It specifically measures:
- Auditory (Verbal) Memory: Ability to remember information immediately after oral presentation.
- Visual Memory: Ability to remember information immediately after visual presentation.
- Immediate Memory: Overall measure of immediate recall, ability to remember both visual and auditory information immediately after it is presented.
- Working Memory: High level attention/concentration, capacity to remember and manipulate both visually and orally presented information in short-term memory storage.
Evaluates neurocognitive performance, speed and accuracy of five basic mental functions to measure the health and integrity of the brain’s higher functions. Measures the Neurocognitive Index (NCI) in an average score of five domains:
- Memory ability: Remember words and geometric figures
- Psychomotor Speed: motor speed, fine motor coordination, visual-perceptual ability
- Reaction Time: How fast you react to complex directions
- Complex Attention: Ability to maintain focus/perform quickly/accurately
- Cognitive Flexibility: Ability to adapt to rapidly changing directions
TOVA (Test of Variables of Attention)
A well-validated, reliable neuropsychological test specifically developed for screening, diagnosing and monitoring of attention deficits.
TOVA testing screens for ADHD, problems of focus, inattention & distractibility, hyperactivity & impulsivity/anxiety (GAD), slow speed, problems of clinical depression, chronic fatigue, attention/concentration and attention deficits. Attention problems are often co-morbid w/other problems, such as substance abuse, nicotine and/or caffeine dependency, eating disorders, bipolar disorder, anxiety and conduct disorders.
Additional Brain Health Assessment Tests:
Other tests are offered, though not administered on a regular basis. Specific tests are used when certain diagnoses are suspected.
MMSE (Mini Mental Status Exam)
Commonly used in medicine to screen for cognitive impairment/dementia. Briefly tests various cognitive functions, including arithmetic, memory, and orientation.
GAMA (General Ability Measure for Adults)
The GAMA IQ score helps estimate an individual's general intellectual ability and provides information about the individual's performance as they complete tasks in the following categories: matching, sequences, analogies, and construction.
SPIN (Social Phobia Inventory)
P300
Measures capacity to process relevant and ignore irrelevant info, indicator for attention deficits of various forms. Electrical burst of the P300 brainwave in response to an "odd tone" brain stressor indicates:
Speed: Identifies "brain age" as opposed to biological age, impacts info processing and recall.
Voltage: Power or energy/metabolism/output/drive
Y-Bocs (Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale)
Test to rate the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
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