Table 1 List of all used assessments including brief description of task.
Test | Sub-test | Task |
|---|---|---|
Attention functions | ||
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale IV (WAIS IV) | Digit Symbol | Participant must match numbers with specific symbols within a set time limit |
Symbol Search | Participant must identify whether a target symbol appears within a group of symbols within a set time limit | |
Testbatterie zur Aufmerksamkeitsprüfung (engl.: Testbattery for Attention Testing, TAP) | Alertness (phasic, tonic) | Participant responds to visual stimuli by pressing a button as quickly as possible (with and without a warning sound) |
Divided attention | Participant responds to both visual and auditory stimuli simultaneously | |
Stroop Test (German Version) | Participant reads out colour names, then names coloured bars and finally names the ink colour of colour words which do not correspond to the actual word while ignoring the word’s meaning, all as quickly as possible | |
Trail Making Test (TMT-A) | Test A | Participant connects numbered circles in ascending order |
Visual perception | ||
Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (ROCF) | Copy | Participant reproduces a complex geometric figure from observation |
Memory | ||
ROCF | Recall, delayed recall | Participant reproduces the complex geometric figure from memory |
Wechsler Memory Scale III R (WMS IIIR) | Digit span forwards/ backwards | Participant repeats digit spans from memory forwards and backwards |
Wechsler Memory Scale IV (WMS IV: German Version) | Logical Memory | Participant repeats details of two short stories immediately and after a 20 min timespan |
Executive functioning | ||
Tower of London (ToL; German Version) | Participant moves colored balls between pegs to recreate a target configuration while following specific rules | |
Regensburger Wortflüssigkeitstest (engl.: Regensburg Test of Word Fluency, RWT) | cat. fluency/ cat. change | Participant generates as many words as possible within a specific category or changing categories |
Wisconsin Card Sorting Test 64 Items (WCST-64) | Participant matches cards based on changing rules | |
Trail Making Test (TMT-B) | Test B | Participant connects alternating numbered and lettered circles in ascending order |
