Digit Cancellation Test

A neuropsychological test used in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. The subject gets one of more digits s/he has to cross out from a list of numbers. The resulting score consists of the correctly crossed out numbers minus the incorrectly crossed out numbers.

Digit Cancellation Test
Purpose	used for diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

References

Taylor, M.A. (1999). The fundamentals of clinical neuropsychiatry. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 357–358. ISBN 0-19-513037-5.

Neuropsychological tests
Battery	Cognistat Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery Luria-Nebraska neuropsychological battery Montreal Cognitive Assessment Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status
Arousal/Attention	Continuous Performance Task d2 Test of Attention Four boxes test Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test Morningness-eveningness questionnaire Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test Posner cueing task Test of everyday attention Test of Variables of Attention
Sensation/Perception	Bender-Gestalt Test Benton Visual Retention Test Dot cancellation test Judgment of Line Orientation Navon figure Rey–Osterrieth complex figure
Memory	1-2-AX working memory task California Verbal Learning Test Corsi block-tapping test Digit symbol substitution test Doors and People MCI Screen Wechsler Memory Scale
Language	Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination Boston Naming Test Comprehensive Aphasia Test Controlled Oral Word Association Test Thurstone Word Fluency Test
Motor	Compensatory tracking task Purdue Pegboard Test
Problem-solving	Delis–Kaplan Executive Function System Hayling and Brixton tests Tower of London Trail Making Test Wisconsin Card Sorting Test
Sleep	Epworth Sleepiness Scale
Specific impairments	British Columbia Postconcussion Symptom Inventory Clinical Dementia Rating Digit Cancellation Test (Alzheimer's) Disability Rating Scale Florida Cognitive Activities Scale Glasgow Coma Scale Glasgow Outcome Scale Pediatric Attention Disorders Diagnostic Screener Rivermead post-concussion symptoms questionnaire
Intelligence	National Adult Reading Test Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence Wechsler Test of Adult Reading
Bed-side	Abbreviated mental test score Addenbrooke's cognitive examination General Practitioner Assessment Of Cognition Mini–mental state examination
Social	Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale
Malingering	Test of Memory Malingering

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