A battery combines instruments measuring memory, attention, processing speed, executive function, language, and visuospatial ability, along with performance and symptom validity measures.
Selection of instruments varies among examiners.
Alternative Names:
Neuropsych Battery, Test Battery
Why it Matters?
Battery composition matters because examiners choose which instruments to administer, and a battery omitting performance validity testing produces results that cannot be interpreted. Reviewing which validity measures were included, and whether the examinee passed them, is the first step in evaluating any neuropsychological report. Raw test data production is separately contested, since some psychologists resist releasing it to non-psychologists.
Frequently Confused with
Related terms
Frequently asked questions
What should be checked first in a neuropsychological report?
Is raw test data discoverable?
