A Compendium of Neuropsychological Tests, Fourth Edition is one of the most well-established reference texts in neuropsychology. This newly-revised, updated, and expanded fourth edition provides a comprehensive overview of essential aspects of neuropsychological practice along with 100 test reviews of well-known neuropsychological tests for adults.
The aim of the Compendium is to provide a comprehensive yet practical overview of the state of the field while also summarizing the evidence on the theoretical background, norms, reliability, and validity of commonly-used neuropsychological tests. Based on extensive review of the clinical and research literature in neuropsychology, neurology, and related disciplines, its comprehensive critical reviews of common neuropsychological tests and standardized scales include tests for premorbid estimation, dementia screening, IQ, attention, executive functioning, memory, language, visuospatial skills, sensory function, motor skills, performance validity, and symptom validity.
Tables within each test review summarize important features of each test, highlight aspects of each normative dataset, and provide an overview of psychometric properties. This essential reference text also covers basic and advanced aspects of neuropsychological assessment with chapters on psychometric concepts and principles, reliability in neuropsychology, theoretical models of test validity, and an overview of critical concepts pertaining to performance and symptom validity testing and malingering.
Of interest to neuropsychologists, clinical psychologists, educational psychologists, neurologists, and psychiatrists as well as trainees in these areas, this volume will aid practitioners in gaining a deeper understanding of fundamental assessment concepts in neuropsychology while also serving as an essential guidebook for selecting the right test for specific clinical situations and for helping clinicians make empirically-supported test interpretations.
Industry Reviews
"Now in its fourth edition, this classic endures because of its extraordinary contribution to neuropsychology; extraordinary because it is so necessary, comprehensive, and contemporary. With newly updated tests, norms, in-depth validity analyses, and meaningful commentary, the Compendium ranks among the most important and useful books
a neuropsychologist should have. This is why it remains an enduring and contemporary classic."
-- Joel E. Morgan, PhD, ABPP-CN, author of the Textbook of Clinical Neuropsychology
"The Compendium has been the primary reference for test description, administration, psychometrics, normative data, and clinical interpretation since it first appeared in 1991. It has become the foundational text in the library of every practicing neuropsychologist. Yet, this is not solely a test-based textbook; rather, it is a review of the psychometric status of the field. I cannot think of a better guide to knowing our tools."
-- Glenn Larrabee, PhD, ABPP-CN, author of Forensic Neuropsychology: A Scientific Approach
"The Compendium is among the top three must-have textbooks for all neuropsychologists. It is the first book I turn to when I need information about a particular test."
-- Robin C. Hilsabeck, PhD, ABPP-CN, Past President, National Academy of Neuropsychology
"A particularly important aspect to the fourth edition is that information is provided for each test regarding its use as a performance or symptom validity measure, in addition to its primary role as a source of neurocognitive information."
-- Kyle Brauer Boone, PhD, ABPP-CN, author of Clinical Practice of Forensic
Neuropsychology: An Evidence-based Approach
"A Compendium of Neuropsychological Tests has been essential reading for neuropsychologists seeking to gain a better understanding of test methods used for clinical assessment and diagnosis." -- Dominic A. Carone, Applied Neuropsychology : Adult