NIH Toolbox

The NIH Toolbox focuses on two laboratory tests used by neuroscientists to measure Executive Function.  NIH Toolbox focuses on these components of Executive Function:

Inhibition of automatic response tendencies that may interfere with achieving a goal

• Set shifting, the capacity for switching among multiple aspects of a strategy or task

Executive Function in the NIH Toolbox is measured by:

• Dimensional Change Card Sort Test
• Flanker Inhibitory Control and Attention Test