Nimhans Neuropsychological Battery: Ppt
| | Test | | :--- | :--- | | Planning | Porteus Maze, Tower of London | | Verbal Working Memory | Letter Number Sequencing, Digit Span Backwards, N-back test (verbal) | | Visuospatial Working Memory | Visuospatial working memory span task, N-back task (visuospatial) | | Mental Flexibility/Set Shift | Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Trail Making Test-B, Stroop test | | Response Initiation/Fluency | FAS Phonemic Fluency, Semantic Fluency, Design Fluency |
High sensitivity for differentiating organic brain damage from functional psychiatric conditions. Limitations
The battery's credibility is supported by peer-reviewed evidence. The NNB-E has shown and overall clinical validity (AUC of 0.878) in diagnosing mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease, with similar findings for Alzheimer's disease on the initial validation study. nimhans neuropsychological battery ppt
– Final takeaways on its role in modern Indian neuropsychology.
The NIMHANS battery is versatile and widely utilized across psychiatric and neurological departments: | | Test | | :--- | :---
Category fluency (e.g., naming animals) and Phonemic fluency (e.g., words starting with specific sounds) to check semantic organization and mental generation. Slide 7: Domain 4 – Language & Focal Parietal Signs Slide Title: Language and Visuospatial Screening Key Points:
– Focus on Digit Span and Color Cancellation (include images/examples of tasks if possible). – Final takeaways on its role in modern
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Planning, organizing, mental flexibility, and response inhibition.
Adapted to be applicable across various Indian languages.