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The HRB represents a fixed battery approach to neuropsychological assessment. The HRB is composed of three separate batteries: the adult battery (Halstead Neuropsychological Test Battery for Adults; ages 15+), an older children’s battery (Halstead Neuropsychological Test Battery for Children; ages 9–14), and a younger children’s battery (Reitan-Indiana Neuropsychological Test Battery for Children; ages 5–8). The adult battery is composed of the Category Test, Tactual Performance Test, Seashore Rhythm Test, Speech Sounds Perception Test, Finger Oscillation Test, Trail-Making Test, Aphasia Screening Test, Sensory-Perceptual Disturbances Test, Lateral Dominance Test, and Grip Strength Test. In creating the older children’s battery, Reitan simplified and/or shortened the Category Test, Trail-Making Test, Tactual Performance Test, and Speech Sounds Perception Test (Reitan & Wolfson, 1992a). Several of these tests were simplified by Reitan when he created the older...
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Springate, B., Fein, D. (2013). Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery. In: Volkmar, F.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1698-3_521
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