Controlled Oral Word Association Test

Controlled Oral Word Association Test, abbreviated COWA or COWAT, is a verbal fluency test that measures spontaneous production of words belonging to the same category or beginning with some designated letter.^[1] The test can be administered to pediatric and adult populations. The COWAT is one part of the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery.

History

The test was first called the "Verbal Associative Fluency Test", and then was changed to the "Controlled Word Association Test".^[2]

Procedure

The participant is usually asked to name words beginning with a letter, excluding proper nouns, for one minute and this procedure is repeated three times. The most commons letters used are FAS because of their frequency in the English language.^[3] The examiner must quickly write down the words provided by the participant on a piece of paper. The whole examination usually takes 5–10 minutes.

References

↑ Patricia Espe-Pfeifer; Jana Wachsler-Felder (30 April 2000). Neuropsychological Interpretation of Objective Psychological Tests. Springer. p. 160. ISBN 978-0-306-46224-5.
↑ Muriel Deutsch Lezak (2 March 1995). Neuropsychological Assessment. Oxford University Press. p. 545. ISBN 978-0-19-509031-4.
↑ Margaret Semrud-Clikeman; Phyllis Anne Teeter Ellison (15 June 2009). Child Neuropsychology: Assessment and Interventions for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2nd Edition. Springer. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-387-88963-4.

Neuropsychological tests

Battery	Cognistat Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery Luria-Nebraska neuropsychological battery Montreal Cognitive Assessment Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status

Arousal/Attention	Continuous Performance Task d2 Test of Attention Four boxes test Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test Morningness-eveningness questionnaire Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test Posner cueing task Test of everyday attention Test of Variables of Attention

Sensation/Perception	Bender-Gestalt Test Benton Visual Retention Test Dot cancellation test Judgment of Line Orientation Navon figure Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure

Memory	1-2-AX working memory task California Verbal Learning Test Corsi block-tapping test Digit symbol substitution test Doors and People MCI Screen Test of Memory Malingering Wechsler Memory Scale

Language	Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination Boston Naming Test Comprehensive Aphasia Test Controlled Oral Word Association Test Thurstone Word Fluency Test Token Test

Motor	Compensatory tracking task Purdue Pegboard Test

Problem-solving	Delis–Kaplan Executive Function System Hayling and Brixton tests Tower of London-Drexel University Trail Making Test Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Sleep	Epworth Sleepiness Scale

Specific impairments	British Columbia Postconcussion Symptom Inventory Clinical Dementia Rating Digit Cancellation Test (Alzheimer's) Disability Rating Scale Florida Cognitive Activities Scale Glasgow Coma Scale Glasgow Outcome Scale Pediatric Attention Disorders Diagnostic Screener Rivermead post-concussion symptoms questionnaire

Intelligence	National Adult Reading Test Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence Wechsler Test of Adult Reading

Bed-side	Abbreviated mental test score Addenbrooke's cognitive examination Brief Cognitive Assessment Tool General Practitioner Assessment Of Cognition Mini–mental state examination

Social	Vineland Social Maturity Scale

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