NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery — composition (NIH Toolbox)
Note: lightly condensed description of the official NIH Toolbox site; full page at the source URL (captured 2026-09-21).
The NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery (NIHTB-CB) is a standardised, computer-administered (iPad-based) set of cognitive tests designed for epidemiological and longitudinal studies across a wide age span. The main battery is recommended for ages 7+ and yields individual test scores plus composite scores:
- Total Cognition Composite
- Fluid Cognition Composite — Dimensional Change Card Sort (DCCS), Flanker Inhibitory Control and Attention, Picture Sequence Memory (Form A), List Sorting Working Memory, Pattern Comparison Processing Speed
- Crystallized Cognition Composite — Picture Vocabulary and Oral Reading Recognition
Early-childhood versions: Early Childhood Cognition Battery (ages 4–6: DCCS, Flanker, Picture Sequence Memory Form A, Picture Vocabulary, Speeded Matching) and Early Childhood CFPS (ages 3–6: Picture Vocabulary, Visual Reasoning, Speeded Matching).
Individual cognition tests available (selected, with ages and default times): Flanker Inhibitory Control and Attention (EF/attention; 4+; 3 min), Dimensional Change Card Sort (cognitive flexibility; 4+; 4 min), List Sorting (working memory; 5+; 7 min), Picture Sequence Memory (episodic memory; 3+; 7 min), Pattern Comparison (processing speed; 5+; 4 min), Picture Vocabulary (receptive language; 3+; 3 min), Oral Reading Recognition (language; 7+; 4 min), Oral Symbol Digit (processing speed; 5+; 3 min), Face Name Associative Memory (18+; 7 min), Rey Auditory Verbal Learning (5+; 4 min).