The Dutch Parelsnoer Institute - Neurodegenerative diseases; methods, design and baseline results

BMC Neurology

Box 1 Standardized cognitive test battery

Test	Cognitive domain(s)
Mini Mental State Examination¹	Global cognition
15 Word-Auditory Verbal Learning Test²	Episodic memory
Visual Association Test, short version³	Implicit associative visual learning
Digit-Span of the WAIS III (forward and backward)⁴	Working memory
Fluency, 60 seconds (animals)⁵	Verbal word fluency/semantic memory
Letter Digit Substitution Test, 60 seconds⁶	Information processing speed
Stroop Color Word Test (SCWT)⁷, 10x10 items, 4 colors	Information processing speed, attention and respons inhibition/executive functioning
Trail Making Test (TMT) (Part A and B)⁸	Information processing speed, attention and concept shifting/executive functioning
Optional: dot counting and incomplete letters of the Visual Object and Space Perception Battery	Visual perception

References: 1 [15]; 2 [23],[24]; 3 [25]; 4 [26]; 5 [27]; 6 [28]; 7 [29],[30]; 8 [31].

ISSN: 1471-2377