Executive function abilities and processing speed
| Assessed abilities | Applied assessment tools |
| Inhibition and interference | Stop-Signal Task (stop-signal reaction time) Color Word Interference Task (D-KEFS) |
| Working memory | Digit Span forward/backward (WISC-IV) Corsi Block Tapping Test TAP Working Memory (TAP 2.3) |
| Cognitive flexibility | Trail Making Task (D-KEFS) TAP Flexibility (TAP 2.3) |
| Planning | Tower Task (D-KEFS) |
| Fluency | Verbal Fluency (RWT) Design Fluency (D-KEFS) |
| Executive functions in everyday life | Parent rating (BRIEF questionnaire) |
| Processing speed | Coding, Symbol Search (both WISC-IV) Stop-Signal Task (mean reaction time of correct go trials) |
Study-specific test battery to assess executive functions and processing speed.
BRIEF, Behaviour Rating Inventory of Executive Functions; D-KEFS, Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System; RWT, Regensburger Verbal Fluency Test (Regensburger Wortflüssigkeitstest); TAP, Test Battery for Attention Testing (Testbatterie zur Aufmerksamkeitsprüfung); WISC-IV, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Fourth Edition.