cognitive test

Brain function assessment

A cognitive test is an assessment that measures mental abilities—memory, reasoning, attention, problem-solving, or language skills.

Such tests are used in clinical settings to screen for dementia or brain injury, in education to evaluate learning abilities, and in employment to assess candidates: The job required passing a cognitive test.

In political contexts, cognitive tests have become shorthand for questioning whether someone is mentally fit for office.

Opposites
type of assessment domain

cognitive testphysical examination

Medical evaluation of body

physical fitness test · medical examination · blood test · reflex test · strength test

subjective vs. objective evaluation

cognitive testgut feeling

Instinctive sense about something

self-report

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