Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery

The Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB),[1] originally developed at the University of Cambridge in the 1980s but now provided in a commercial capacity by Cambridge Cognition, is a computer-based cognitive assessment system consisting of a battery of neuropsychological tests, administered to subjects using a touch screen computer. The CANTAB tests were co-invented by Professor Trevor Robbins and Professor Barbara Sahakian.[2][3][4] The 25 tests in CANTAB examine various areas of cognitive function,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] including:

Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery
Purposecognitive assessment

The CANTAB combines the accuracy and rigour of computerised psychological testing whilst retaining the wide range of ability measures demanded of a neuropsychological battery. It is suitable for young[13] and old[14] subjects, and aims to be culture and language independent through the use of non-verbal stimuli in the majority of the tests.

The CANTAB PAL touchscreen test, which assesses visual memory and new learning, received the highest rating of world-leading 4* grade from the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014.[15][16] CANTAB and CANTAB PAL were highlighted in the Medical Schools Council ‘Health of the Nation’ 2015 publication.[17]

See also

References
  1. Sahakian, Barbara J.; Morris, Robin G.; Evenden, John L.; Heald, Andrew; Levy, Raymond; Philpot, Michael; Robbins, Trevor W. (1988). "A Comparative Study of Visuospatial Memory and Learning in Alzheimer-Type Dementia and Parkinson's Disease". Brain. 111 (3): 695–718. doi:10.1093/brain/111.3.695. PMID 3382917.
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  4. "Profile: Professor Barbara Sahakian". Cambridge Neuroscience. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  5. Owen, Adrian M.; Downes, John J.; Sahakian, Barbara J.; Polkey, Charles E.; Robbins, Trevor W. (1990). "Planning and spatial working memory following frontal lobe lesions in man". Neuropsychologia. 28 (10): 1021–34. doi:10.1016/0028-3932(90)90137-D. PMID 2267054.
  6. Owen, A; Roberts, AC; Polkey, CE; Sahakian, BJ; Robbins, TW (1991). "Extra-dimensional versus intra-dimensional set shifting performance following frontal lobe excisions, temporal lobe excisions or amygdalo-hippocampectomy in man". Neuropsychologia. 29 (10): 993–1006. doi:10.1016/0028-3932(91)90063-E. PMID 1762678.
  7. Owen, A. M.; James, M.; Leigh, P. N.; Summers, B. A.; Marsden, C. D.; Quinn, N. P.; Lange, K. W.; Robbins, T. W. (1992). "Fronto-striatal cognitive deficits at different stages of Parkinson's disease" (PDF). Brain. 115 (6): 1727–51. doi:10.1093/brain/115.6.1727. PMID 1486458.
  8. Owen, A.M.; Beksinska, M.; James, M.; Leigh, P.N.; Summers, B.A.; Marsden, C.D.; Quinn, N.P.; Sahakian, B.J.; Robbins, T.W. (1993). "Visuospatial memory deficits at different stages of Parkinson's disease". Neuropsychologia. 31 (7): 627–44. doi:10.1016/0028-3932(93)90135-M. PMID 8371837.
  9. Owen, Adrian M.; Sahakian, Barbara J.; Summers, Beatrice A.; Hodges, John R.; Polkey, Charles E.; Robbins, Trevor W. (1995). "Dopamine-Dependent Frontostriatal Planning Deficits in Early Parkinson's Disease" (PDF). Neuropsychology. 9 (1): 126–40. doi:10.1037/0894-4105.9.1.126. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
  10. Owen, A; Sahakian, BJ; Semple, J; Polkey, CE; Robbins, TW (1995). "Visuo-spatial short-term recognition memory and learning after temporal lobe excisions, frontal lobe excisions or amygdalo-hippocampectomy in man". Neuropsychologia. 33 (1): 1–24. doi:10.1016/0028-3932(94)00098-A. PMID 7731533.
  11. Owen, Adrian M.; Morris, Robin G.; Sahakian, Barbara J.; Polkey, Charles E.; Robbins, Trevor W. (1996). "Double dissociations of memory and executive functions in working memory tasks following frontal lobe excisions, temporal lobe excisions or amygdalo-hippocampectomy in man". Brain. 119 (5): 1597–615. doi:10.1093/brain/119.5.1597. PMID 8931583.
  12. Owen, A; Iddon, JL; Hodges, JR; Summers, BA; Robbins, TW (1997). "Spatial and non-spatial working memory at different stages of Parkinson's disease". Neuropsychologia. 35 (4): 519–32. doi:10.1016/S0028-3932(96)00101-7. PMID 9106280.
  13. Luciana, Monica; Nelson, Charles (2002). "Assessment of Neuropsychological Function Through Use of the Cambridge Neuropsychological Testing Automated Battery: Performance in 4- to 12-Year-Old Children". Developmental Neuropsychology. 22 (3): 595–624. doi:10.1207/S15326942DN2203_3. PMID 12661972.
  14. Robbins, TW; James, M; Owen, AM; Sahakian, BJ; McInnes, L; Rabbitt, P (1994). "Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB): a factor analytic study of a large sample of normal elderly volunteers". Dementia. 5 (5): 266–81. doi:10.1159/000106735. PMID 7951684.
  15. "REF Impact Case Study - CANTAB-PAL". Research Excellence Framework. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  16. "World-leading UK medical research showcased in new publication". Medical Schools Council. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  17. "Health of the Nation" (PDF). Medical Schools Council. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.


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