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Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status

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The Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS), developed by Chris Randolph, Ph.D., is a brief, individually administered test designed to evaluate and document the neuropsychological status of adults aged 20–89 years with suspected neurological deficit. The RBANS is typically administered in less than 30 min. It is composed of 12 subtests (List Learning, Story Memory, Figure Copy, Line Orientation, Digit Span, Coding, Picture Naming, Semantic Fluency, List Recall, List Recognition, Story Recall, and Figure Recall), yielding scores in the following five cognitive domains: Attention, Language, Visuospatial/Constructional Abilities, and Immediate and Delayed Memory.

Psychometric properties of the RBANS are well documented (Freeman & Makatura, 2001). The RBANS has been validated as a useful and sensitive screening instrument, and has been used to document deficits related to a variety of clinical pathologies, ranging from...

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  • Freeman, S. J., & Makatura, T. J. (2001). Review of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status. In B. S. Plake, & J. C. Impara (Eds.), The fourteenth mental measurements yearbook (pp. 1008–1011). Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.

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  1. Saint Joseph's University, Department of Psychology, Post Hall #222, 19131, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Philip Schatz

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  1. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Professor of Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry Virginia Commonwealth University – Medical Center Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, VCU, 980542, Richmond, Virginia, 23298-0542, USA

    Jeffrey S. Kreutzer

  2. Kessler Foundation Research Center, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ, 07052, USA

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  3. Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Neurology and Neuroscience, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – New Jersey Medical School, New Jersey, USA

    John DeLuca

  4. Independent Practice, 564 M.O.B. East, 100 E. Lancaster Ave., Wynnewood, PA, 19096, USA

    Bruce Caplan

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Schatz, P. (2011). Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79948-3_210

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