Neuropsychology Glossary

A therapeutic technique providing the initial sound of a target word to facilitate word retrieval in naming tasks.

A verbal fluency task requiring generation of words beginning with specific letters within time limits.

Speech error where patients substitute sounds within words, creating phonetically similar but incorrect versions of inte...

A specific reading disorder characterized by difficulty reading novel words and nonwords while preserving sight word rea...

Cognitive and functional abilities that existed before onset of brain injury or neurological condition.

Inability to recognize familiar faces despite intact vision and general object recognition abilities.

Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status, a brief screening tool for cognitive impairment.

A delusion where patients believe familiar places have been duplicated and exist in multiple locations simultaneously.

Executive function component involving the ability to suppress inappropriate or prepotent responses when situational dem...

Memory loss for events and information acquired before the onset of brain injury or illness.

A neuropsychological assessment tool evaluating visuospatial construction and visual memory.

A form of frontotemporal dementia characterized by progressive loss of semantic knowledge and word meaning.

A verbal task requiring generation of words within specific categories within time constraints.

A type of word-finding error where patients substitute semantically related words for target words.

Inability to perceive multiple objects or elements of a visual scene simultaneously.

Inability to perceive multiple objects or elements of a visual scene simultaneously despite normal acuity for individual...

A cognitive assessment measuring selective attention and inhibitory control through color-word interference.

A computerized continuous performance test that measures sustained attention, impulsivity, and response variability.

Test of Memory Malingering - tool for detecting feigned memory impairment in neuropsychological evaluations.

Impaired ability to navigate familiar environments or learn new spatial layouts despite intact basic spatial perception.

Neuropsychological test measuring visual attention, task switching, and processing speed.

Compulsive use of objects in the environment triggered by their mere presence, often following frontal lobe damage.

A cognitive measure assessing the ability to generate words within specific constraints, typically phonemic or semantic...

Partial or complete loss of vision in specific areas of the visual field, often resulting from stroke or brain lesions a...