Thomas-Antérion Catherine
CHU Nord, CM2R, unité de neuropsychologie, 42055 Saint-Étienne cedex 02, France.
Presse Med. 2012 May;41(5):474-81. doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2011.08.009. Epub 2011 Oct 22.
Neuropsychology is transdiscipline. Neuropsychological examination concerns cognition and behaviour. Neuropsychological examination is a part of neurological examination as walk is. Neuropsychological examination associates conversation and tests. We can distinguish tests for screening, for managing, first line tests and specialized ones (psychometric tools). A test is an experimental standardized situation to measure a behaviour and to compare it with statistical analysis with those of other people in the same situation. The test authorizes a quantitative or typological classification. The choice, the realization, the analysis and the singular relation are at the heart of the neuropsychology.