Halstead-Reitan battery

Hal·stead-Rei·tan bat·ter·y

(hahl'sted rī'tan),
a battery of neuropsychological tests (category test, tactual performance test, Seashore test, speech sounds perception test, finger oscillation test, trail-making test, dynamometer to measure strength of grip) used to study brain-behavior functions as well as the effects of brain damage on behavior.
Synonym(s): Tactual Performance Test
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Halstead,

Ward C., U.S. psychologist, 1908-1968.
Halstead-Reitan battery - a battery of neuropsychological tests used to study brain-behavior functions. Synonym(s): Tactual Performance Test

Reitan,

Ralph M., U.S. psychologist, 1922–.
Halstead-Reitan battery - see under Halstead
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Review: neuropsychological test performance as an indicator of silent cerebrovascular disease in elderly hypertensives
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However, the average score on the Halstead-Reitan battery for Dodrill's control group was .25.
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The present factor is clearly broader than the tests of the Halstead-Reitan battery and it appears that the label "Factile-Kinesthetic Working Memory" captures its non-visual component particularly well.
Charting the cognitive sphere: tactile-kinesthetic performance within the structure of intelligence

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