title: Kurt Goldstein's test battery.
abstract: Kurt Goldstein was a founder of clinical neuropsychology. This thesis is illustrated with a description of Goldstein's test battery that he used as a screening instrument in a special clinic for soldiers in World War I. Parts of the battery were also used for neuropsychological rehabilitation. Goldstein's early work in Germany focused on both neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation. He was interested in how individuals go about compensating for their deficits, The notion of ecological validity (Lebenswahr vs Lebensfremd), only becoming widely popular in the nineteen-eighties, played an important role in Goldstein's selection of test procedures.
authors.affiliation: Radboud University Nijmegen, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, The Netherlands. Electronic address: p.eling@donders.ru.nl.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eling
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000266:history*; D009484:Neuropsychology / Q000266:history*
keywords: Assessment; Clinical neuropsychology; Historical; Kurt Goldstein; Test battery