Reliability and validity of a computerized neurocognitive test battery, CNS Vital Signs

• Published in: Archives of clinical neuropsychology Vol. 21; no. 7; pp. 623 - 643
• Main Authors: Gualtieri, C. Thomas, Johnson, Lynda G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2006; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Child; CNS Vital Signs; Cognitive flexibility; Complex attention; Computerized test; Concurrent validity; Female; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Memory; Mental Processes - physiology; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Neuropsychological Tests - statistics & numerical data; Normative data; Numerical Analysis, Computer-Assisted; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics; Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems; Psychomotor speed; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Psychotic Disorders - physiopathology; Reaction time; Reference Values; Reliability; Reproducibility of Results; Techniques and methods; Test development; Complex attention; Test development; Cognitive flexibility; Memory; Psychomotor speed; Concurrent validity; Reaction time; Normative data; Computerized test; Reliability; CNS Vital Signs; Central nervous system; Neuropsychological test; Cognition; Construct validity; Convergent validity; Psychometric standardization; Human; Attention; Psychometrics; Psychomotricity; Test reliability; Velocity; Standards; Intellectual flexibility; Test validation; Sign; Test construction

CNS Vital Signs (CNSVS) is a computerized neurocognitive test battery that was developed as a routine clinical screening instrument. It is comprised of seven tests: verbal and visual memory, finger tapping, symbol digit coding, the Stroop Test, a test of shifting attention and the continuous perform...