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Language and neuropsychological tests

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Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals

The Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF) is a standardized test battery used to identify and diagnose receptive and expressive language disorders in children ages 5 to 21.

Cloze test

A cloze test is a fill-in-the-blank assessment in which readers restore words deleted from a passage, introduced by Wilson L. Taylor in 1953 to measure readability, comprehension, and language proficiency.

Cognitive Failures Questionnaire

The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) is a 25-item self-report questionnaire that measures minor everyday lapses in memory, attention, and action, introduced by D. E. Broadbent and colleagues in 1982.

Movement Assessment Battery for Children

The Movement Assessment Battery for Children (Movement ABC) is a standardized test of fine and gross motor coordination in children, widely used to identify developmental coordination disorder.

Preschool Language Scale

The Preschool Language Scale (PLS) is a standardized, play-based test of receptive and expressive language in young children, used to screen for and diagnose language delay or disorder.

Purdue Pegboard Test

The Purdue Pegboard Test is a timed psychometric test measuring finger and hand dexterity, developed at Purdue University in 1948 and now used in occupational therapy and neuropsychology.

Rapid automatized naming

Rapid automatized naming (RAN) is a timed psychometric task in which a person names arrays of familiar symbols, like letters or colors, as fast as possible.

Test of Language Development

The Test of Language Development (TOLD) is a standardized test measuring spoken language skills, including vocabulary, grammar, and syntax, in children ages 4 to 17, with primary and intermediate editions.

Test of Variables of Attention

The Test of Variables of Attention (T.O.V.A.) is a computerized continuous performance test measuring attention and impulse control over about 22 minutes, used as an objective adjunct to ADHD evaluation.

Word association test

The word association test is a psychometric task in which a participant answers a stimulus word with the first word that comes to mind, used to map semantic memory.