Max R. Trenerry, PhD, Bruce Crosson, PhD, James DeBoe, PhD, and William R. Leber, PhD
Purpose: Screens for brain damage
Administration Formats: Print
Additional Details: Quickly Assess Brain Dysfunction, Cognition, and Psychopathology
Age Range:18 years to 79 years
Admin Time: 4 minutes
Qualification Level: B
In just 5 minutes, the SNST briefly assesses cognitive processing and provides valuable information on brain dysfunction, cognition, and psychopathology—all of which affect an individual’s ability to cope with cognitive stress and process complex input. Results may highlight the need for more specific testing.
Features and benefits
- In the Color Task, the individual reads aloud a list of colour names in which no name is printed in its matching colour. In the Color-Word Task, the individual names the ink colour in which the colour names are printed.
- Norms are provided for two age groups, 18-49 years and 50 years and older.
- The test correctly differentiates over 79% of brain-damaged adults from normal adults. Test-retest reliability is .90.
Note: Stopwatch is required for administration.
