Neuropsychology examines the relationship between the brain and behavior. The Neuropsychology Unit employs various psychological assessment and evaluation methods related to brain functions and psychological conditions.
Psychological tests are used to understand the individual, gather concrete information about their abilities and performance, and, based on this information, identify areas where they need improvement and plan interventions in those areas. Psychological tests help minimize error margins in career guidance, job placement, education and training, or in determining the most appropriate treatment methods by assessing an individual’s current condition.
For tests to yield meaningful and accurate results, they must be standardized, have established norms, and have undergone validity and reliability studies. Another important consideration is that these tests must be administered by psychologists who have undergone proper test training and gained experience. It is crucial to interpret test data correctly, derive meaningful insights from the results, and generate appropriate recommendations. A well-trained test specialist can evaluate the technical qualities of tests and select the one(s) that best align with the purpose and the individual, utilizing tests with the highest psychometric qualities. In the neuropsychology unit, information is continuously updated by monitoring the literature for this purpose.
Psychological tests can be broadly categorized into two groups: objective (psychometric) and subjective (projective).
Psychological tests can be broadly categorized into two groups: objective (psychometric) and subjective (projective).
In terms of content, tests can be categorized under three main headings: 1) General Intelligence, 2) Ability-Skill, 3) Personality Tests.
The administration methods of psychological tests may vary. These include paper-and-pencil tests, tests administered face-to-face by an examiner, and, increasingly today, computer-based tests.
COMPUTERIZED CLINICAL DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
Vienna Test System:
The Schuhfried Diagnostic Scales within the Vienna Test System are administered in a computer-based environment. These include Cognitive Tests that measure abilities such as perception, comprehension, understanding, reasoning, intelligence, memory, and attention.
What is the COGBAT test?
COGBAT (Cognitive Basic Assessment) is a component of the Vienna Test System. The COGBAT test battery is a computerized assessment used to determine the cognitive status of individuals with neurological and/or mental disorders.
The COGBAT test set evaluates the following three cognitive domains:
- Attention
- Memory
- Executive Functions
COGBAT (Cognitive Basic Assessment): The cognitive test battery includes the following subtests.
- TMT – L BTA - Information processing speed
- WAF intrinsic – Alertness
- WAF cross-modal – Divided attention
- FGT RLVA – Figural long-term memory
- FGT RKVA – Figural short-term memory
- FGT LS – Total learning, figural
- FGT RW - Correct recognition
- TMT-L BTB - Cognitive flexibility
- NBV - Verbal working memory
- TOL-F - Planning ability
- INHIB - Response Inhibition
The COGNIPLUS cognitive rehabilitation system, which includes training modules corresponding to each dimension measured in the COGBAT test battery, is used for the cognitive rehabilitation of difficulties identified through the test application.
The COGNIPLUS Rehabilitation System is a computerized training battery used for the training of cognitive functions. It includes training modules targeting functions such as attention, executive functions, memory, spatial processing, and visuomotor skills.
Before starting training, a careful assessment helps us identify strengths and areas needing improvement. Accurately identifying the areas requiring training makes the training effective and efficient. Progress made during training is evaluated not based on subjective observations, but using the parallel forms of the initial tests included in COGBAT.
ALERT: Attention/Arousal
CODING: Working Memory – Spatial Coding
DATEUP: Working Memory – Updating Process
DIVID: Attention/Divided Attention
FOCUS: Attention/Focus
HIBIT-R: Executive Functions/Response Inhibition
NAMES: Long-Term Memory
NBACK: Working Memory-Tracking Ability
PLAND: Executive Functions/Planning and Action Skills
ROTATE: Spatial Processing
SELECT: Attention/Selective Attention
SPACE: Attention / Visual-Spatial Attention
SPEED: Information Processing Speed
VIG: Attention / Vigilance / Sustained Attention
VISMO: Visual-Motor Coordination
VISP: Working Memory - Recall
Where can this test be administered?
While there are other institutions in our country that primarily use the Vienna Test System for psychotechnical assessments or clinical purposes, I can say that the COGBAT test set is the most up-to-date version of this system and that we are the first institution to implement it. What matters is not the scores obtained from any test’s measurements, but rather the clinical evaluation of the individual’s needs within a multidisciplinary approach by a team comprising specialists from neurology, psychiatry, and psychology. This approach is implemented in our hospital and outpatient clinics.
• SPM – Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices (Logical Reasoning Test)
• CPM – Raven’s Colored Progressive Matrices (Logical Reasoning Test)
• COG – Cognitrone (Attention & Concentration Test)
• DAUF – Sustained Attention Test (Sustained Attention Test)
• NVLT – Non-Verbal Learning Test (Non-Verbal Learning Test)
T.O.V.A. (Test of Variables of Attention Continuous Performance Test):
A computerized continuous performance test that measures attention and impulsivity. It is language-neutral. It consists of two 10.3-minute sections, totaling 21.6 minutes. It has a normative database for ages 4–80.
Applications:
- -Assessment of attention
- -Measuring the response to medication dosing
- - To measure responses to different medication doses and determine the optimal dose
- -Measuring long-term response to treatment
- -As part of a cognitive check-up
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE TESTS
WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR CHILDREN (WISC-R)
WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE FOR ADULTS (WAIS)
CAS TEST (Cognitive Assessment System)
PORTEUS MAZE TEST
PEABODY PICTURE-WORD TEST
ALEXANDER PRACTICAL ABILITY TEST
CATTEL INTELLIGENCE TEST
CHAPIUS MAZE TEST
STANFORD-BINET INTELLIGENCE TEST
GOODENOUGH INTELLIGENCE TEST
PERSONALITY TESTS
MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory)
RORSCHACH (Inkblot Test)
TAT (Thematic Apperception Test)
CAT (Thematic Apperception Test for Children)
LOUISA DUSS (Psychoanalytic Story Test)
BEIER SENTENCE COMPLETION TEST
GOODENOUGH-HARRIS DRAW A PERSON TEST
PSYCHOMETRIC AND CLINICAL TESTS
BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT SCALE FOR CHILDREN AND
ADOLESCENTS AGED 4–18
ADÖ FAMILY ASSESSMENT SCALE
AGTE (ANKARA DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING INVENTORY)
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS TEST
ANXIETY SENSITIVITY SCALE
SEPARATION ANXIETY SYMPTOM INVENTORY
ADDICTION SEVERITY SCALE (ASI)
BAR-ON EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TEST
Barratt Impulsiveness Scale
Beck Anxiety Scale
Beck Cognitive Insight Scale
Beck Depression Inventory
Beck Suicide Ideation Scale
BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE
BODY IMAGE SCALES
BENTON FACE RECOGNITION TEST
BENTON VISUAL MEMORY TEST
BENDER-GESTALT TEST
COGNITIVE EMOTION REGULATION SCALE – CERQ
BURDON ATTENTION TEST (AGES 10–20)
CAPS - CLINICIAN-ADMINISTERED PTSD SCALE
C. McHower
SEXUAL LIFE ASSESSMENT SCALES (FEMALE-MALE)
CONNERS FORMS
COPE - COPING ATTITUDES ASSESSMENT SCALE
CHILDREN’S SOCIAL ANXIETY SCALE
CHILDHOOD DEPRESSION SCALE
CHILDHOOD TRAUMA SCALE
MULTIDIMENSIONAL JEALOUSY SCALE
MULTIDIMENSIONAL PERFECTIONISM SCALE
MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANGER SCALE
MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE INVENTORY
MODIFIED EARLY CHILDHOOD AUTISM SCREENING SCALE
DENVER DEVELOPMENTAL TEST
Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES)
DSM-IV-Based Adult ADHD Diagnostic and Assessment Inventory
Emotional Expression Level Scale
Emotional Expression Scale
EMOTIONAL REGULATION DIFFICULTY SCALE (DERS)
MOOD DISORDERS SCALE
EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION SCALE
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENT SCALE
THOUGHT CONTROL QUESTIONNAIRE
PARENTAL ECR (SHORT FORM)
EDINBURGH HAND PREFERENCE INVENTORY
MINI-MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION FOR THE
UNEDUCATED
EMPATHY SCALE (BARON AND COHEN, CAMBRIDGE BEHAVIORAL SCALE)
EMPATHIC TENDENCY SCALE
ADULT ATTACHMENT STYLE SCALE
FAGERSTRÖM NICOTINE DEPENDENCE TEST
FUNCTIONALLY INAPPROPRIATE ATTITUDES SCALE - FOTÖ (DAS)
FRONTAL BEHAVIOR INVENTORY (FBI)
FROSTIG VISUAL PERCEPTION TEST
GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE
GESSEL DEVELOPMENTAL FIGURES TEST
GÜLHANE APHASIA TEST
HAMILTON DEPRESSION SCALE
INSIGHT ASSESSMENT SCALE
RELATIONSHIP STATUS ASSESSMENT SCALES
INTERNET ADDICTION SCALE
İRDA
MARKING TEST
KENT E.G.Y.
SHORT COGNITIVE EXAMINATION SCALE - KKM
SHORT MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION - STMS
SHORT PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE - BPRS
SPEECH PROFILE (INTENSITY, FLUENCY TESTS, AND SAMPLE COLLECTION)
KUDER INTEREST TEST - CHILD/ADOLESCENT
KUDER INTEREST TEST - ADULT
LD BATTERY (LEARNING DISORDERS - DYSLEXIA BATTERY)
LIEBOWITZ SOCIAL PHOBIA SYMPTOM SCALE
MATERNAL ATTACHMENT SCALE
METACOGNITION SCALE - MCQ
MICHIGAN ALCOHOLISM SCREENING TEST (MAST)
TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY - TCI
MMSE (Mini-Mental State Examination)
NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY
NEGATIVE THOUGHT REPETITION BELIEFS SCALE (NBRS)
NKÖ (Negative Cognition Scale)
Neuropsychological Assessment Standard Battery
Neuropsychological Assessment - Memory-Focused
Neuropsychological Assessment - Language-Focused
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT - EXECUTIVE FUNCTION-FOCUSED
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT - VISUOSPATIAL FUNCTION-FOCUSED
OKHT - SCHOOL READINESS TEST
AUTISM SPECTRUM QUESTIONNAIRE
AUTISM SCREENING SCALE
PANAS (POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCALE)
PANIC AND AGORAPHOBIA SCALE
PARI - FAMILY LIFE AND CHILD-REARING ATTITUDES SCALE
PBQ-S Personality Beliefs Scale (Short Form)
Peabody Receptive Language Test (Ages 4–12)
Penn Alcohol Craving Scale
PIL - Life Purpose Test
POSITIVE THINKING REPETITION BELIEFS SCALE (PBRS)
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYMPTOM SCALE - PANSS
PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE SCALE
ROMANTIC JEALOUSY SCALE
RUMINATIVE THINKING STYLE SCALE
SCID-II (DSM-III-R STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW)
SCL-90 R
EXAMINATION ATTITUDE INVENTORY
SOMATIZATION SCALE
SOMATOFORM DISSOCIATION QUESTIONNAIRE (SDQ)
SOCIAL FUNCTIONING SCALE
SOCIAL PROBLEM-SOLVING INVENTORY – SHORT FORM (SPSI-SF)
VERBAL MEMORY TEST
STRESS RESILIENCE SCALE
STROOP TEST
TCI SCALE
TREATMENT MOTIVATION QUESTIONNAIRE (TMQ)
TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE - TAS 20
POST-TRAUMATIC COGNITIONS INVENTORY
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DIAGNOSTIC SCALE (TSSTÖ)
INSOMNIA SEVERITY SCALE
WAIS MEMORY TEST
WIESBADEN POSITIVE PSYCHOTHERAPY AND FAMILY THERAPY INVENTORY (NP.FR.896)
WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST (WCST)
YALE BROWN
GRIEF SCALE
LIFE PURPOSE TEST - PIL
EATING ATTITUDE TEST
YIYE II (INVENTORY OF EXPERIENCES IN CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS)
YIYE II - MIDDLE CHILDHOOD PARENT FORM
YOUNG MANIC RATING SCALE
YOUNG SCHEMA SCALE SHORT FORM 3