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Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery
Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery
Purpose	cognitive assessment

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:

general memory and learning,
working memory and executive function,
visual memory,
attention and reaction time (RT),
semantic/verbal memory,
decision making and response control.

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, was included in a REF submission at the University of Cambridge. This submission (which included research from across the university unrelated to CANTAB PAL) received a 4* grade from the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014. ^{[citation needed]} CANTAB and CANTAB PAL were highlighted in the Medical Schools Council ‘Health of the Nation’ 2015 publication.^[15]

References

^ 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.
^ "Trevor W. Robbins: Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions". American Psychologist. 66 (8): 665–668. 2011. doi:10.1037/a0025179. PMID 22082379.
^ "Profile: Professor Trevor W Robbins". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
^ "Profile: Professor Barbara Sahakian". Cambridge Neuroscience. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
^ 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. S2CID 25223617.
^ 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. S2CID 43802468.
^ 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.
^ 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. S2CID 23982603.
^ 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.
^ 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. S2CID 37994751.
^ 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.
^ 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. S2CID 11577147.
^ 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. S2CID 39133614.
^ 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.
^ "Health of the Nation" (PDF). Medical Schools Council. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.