halstead-reitan battery of neuropsychological tests

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This tests was developed by ward Halstead and his

student Ralph Reitan in the early 1940.

This tests helps to determine the location and specificbrain lesions.

Halsteads observations of persons with cerebral lesionsmade it apparent at the very beginning that brain-damaged individuals had a wide range of deficits and

that a single test would not be able adequately to identifyand evaluate the severity of their deficits.

Halstead developed a series of 10 tests that ultimatelyformed the principal basis for his concept of biologicalintelligence.

Development of the Halstead-ReitanBattery (HRB)


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Patients must discover the common elements in a setof pictures.

The test measures concept function, abstraction, andvisual activity.

Category test


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The patients place shapes in a form board whileblind board and then must recall the arrangement ofthe board.

It measure dexterity, spatial memory, and tactual

discrimination.

Tactual performance test


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The patients tap the index finger of each hand in ameasured 10 second period.

The test measure dexterity and motor speech.

Finger-oscillation test


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Patients match 60 non sense syllables that they hearwith several printed alternatives .

The test measures auditory discrimination andphonetic skills.

Speech sound perception test


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Patient first connect 25 numbered circles in orderand then connect 25 lettered and numbered in orderaltering between numbered and alphabetical circles.

The test measures visual motor perception andmotor speed.

Trail making test


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Patients note when a flickering light becomes steady.

the test measures visual perception.

Critical flicker frequency


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Patients must name objects, read, write, calculate,

draw shapes, identify body parts, perform acts , anddifferentiate between left and right as a means oftesting.

The test measures a wide range of verbal and nonverbal brain functions.

Aphasia screening test


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Patients judge, without looking the time it is takesfor the second hand of a watch to make severalrevolutions.

The test measures memory and spatial perception.

Time sense test


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Patient perform several tasks with eyes closed suchas identifying where they are touched

simultaneously on the hand and theface(simultaneous sensory stimulation test).whichfinger is touched(finger localization) what coins areplaced in the hand(stereognosis). And what numbers

are written on the skin(tactile perception)

Sensory perceptual test


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The reliability and validity of neuropsychologicaltests may affected by many factors Mood states

especially anxiety and depression.Result may be confused by medication effects.

Reliability and validity

halstead-reitan battery of neuropsychological tests

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