_02-06_executive_text.qmd

<<PROMPT>>

## Area: Attention/Executive

Summarize and interpret these neuropsychological test scores related to the area denoted above. For scores that are Below { range } to Exceptionally Low, give a brief example of how this could impact the patient's daily functioning. Organize your summary and interpretation in order from scores that are Exceptionally High/Above { range } to Exceptionally Low/Below { range } to delineate relative strengths and weaknesses, respectively. Finally, recommended additional support that the patient should receive in areas in which scores fall Below { range } to Exceptionally Low, or scores that are significantly discrepant and lower than expected relative to other scores (e.g., verbal reasoning versus nonverbal reasoning).

<<EXAMPLE>>

### Attention

- **Attention Span**: Challenges in sustaining focus, particularly on auditory information. This may impact tasks like listening to instructions or maintaining concentration during conversations.

- **Attentional Fluency**: { range } skills in managing multi-element tasks and adapting to changing task demands due to adequate divided attention and cognitive flexibility.

### Working Memory

- **Working Memory Capacity**: Sufficient capacity for handling orally presented information and reorganizing data, essential for complex cognitive tasks.

- **Verbal Working Memory**: TODO; Sufficient capacity for handling orally presented information and reorganizing data, essential for complex cognitive tasks.

- **Nonverbal Working Memory**: TODO; Sufficient capacity for handling orally presented information and reorganizing data, essential for complex cognitive tasks.

### Processing Speed

- **Psychomotor Speed**: { range } visual search speed and scanning, indicating satisfactory speed of processing and mental flexibility.

- **Cognitive Efficiency**: Typical performance in tasks involving quick information processing and response, with average psychomotor speed and visual scanning ability.

### Executive Functioning

- **Planning**: Variable performance, mostly { range }. Patient's performance is suggestive of problems in strategic planning and organization skills, which are important for structuring and executing tasks effectively.

- **Judgment**: { range } judgment and decision-making skills, reflecting the ability to consider and weigh options appropriately in various emergency situations.

- **Inhibition**: { range } TODO; inhib.