A neuropsychological assessment of visual working memory includes a first display having a first set of distinct abstract elements positioned in a first order. A second display includes a second set of distinct abstract symbols positioned in a second order. The second set includes all the abstract elements of the first set plus at least one additional distinct abstract element not present in the first set. The first display is shown to an examinee. The examinee is asked to view the first display and to note the abstract elements in the first set and the first order thereof. The examinee is instructed to view the second display and to indicate, with reference to the second set, a location of each of the abstract elements present in the first set, in the first order.
VISUAL WORKING MEMORY ASSESSMENT USING ABSTRACT SYMBOLS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS