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Table 1 Acronyms and description of cognitive tests from the TBI dataset presented in [16]

From: Predicting the post-treatment recovery of patients suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI)

Name

Description

TMT-B

Train making test-part B: measures cognitive flexibility (frontal lobe function)

BTA

Brief test of attention (total score)

WCST-NC

Wisconsin card shorting test: percentage total score of conceptual level (number of categories correctly achieved); also measures cognitive flexibility

WCST-RP

Wisconsin card shorting test: # preservative responses (represent error)

FAS

Phonetic fluency test which uses as cues letters F, A, and S as the initial letters for the patients to start the production of words

ICP

Measure a subject’s ability to perform daily activities, and awareness of the disease

CIV

Verbal intelligent quotient (VIQ): measures ability to handle verbal material

CIM

Performance IQ (PIQ): measures ability to handle visio-spatial / non-verbal material

CV

Verbal comprehension index (VCI)

MT

Working memory (WM): measures the subject’s ability to maintain information in short-term memory and recall it

OP

Perceptual organization (PO)

VP

Processing speed index (PSI)

IAC

Attention/concentration index (ACI)

IMG

General memory index (GMI)

IRD

Delayed recall index (DRI)