Test library
Use and evidence for all 225 tests
The counts behind every test's grades: papers that name the test, papers on its reliability and registered clinical studies that use it as an outcome.
- Most used test families in the library
- 47 of 50
- Test families with 1,000 or more papers from 2021 to 2025
- 24 of 221
- Test families with evidence grade A or B
- 76 of 221
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Use grade
- A
- 1,000 or more papers from 2021 to 2025
- B
- 300 to 999 papers from 2021 to 2025
- C
- 100 to 299 papers from 2021 to 2025
- D
- 30 to 99 papers from 2021 to 2025
- E
- Fewer than 30 papers from 2021 to 2025
Evidence grade
- A
- At least 25 papers report its test-retest reliability and at least 25 registered clinical studies use it as an outcome
- B
- At least 8 test-retest papers, and either 5 registered clinical studies or 150 reliability or validity papers
- C
- At least 2 test-retest papers, 30 reliability or validity papers or 3 registered clinical studies
- D
- Little published measurement evidence found
221 test families
2021 to 2025Earlier yearsEach row's chart has its own scale.
| Test | Papers, 2021 to 2025 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | Compared with 2016 to 2020 | Census rank | Use grade | Evidence grade | Test-retest papers | Reliability or validity papers | Registered clinical studies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verbal FluencyExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 20255,242 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 21% | Census rank3 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers186 | Reliability or validity papers1,671 | Registered clinical studies1,746 |
| Stroop Color-Word TestExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 20254,956 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 14% | Census rank4 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers151 | Reliability or validity papers1,204 | Registered clinical studies1,929 |
| Trail Making Test ATrail Making Test BProcessing speed, Executive function | Papers, 2021 to 20253,944 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 22% | Census rank5 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers161 | Reliability or validity papers1,323 | Registered clinical studies2,293 |
| 1-Back Task2-Back TaskWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 20253,210 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 22% | Census rank6 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers104 | Reliability or validity papers649 | Registered clinical studies790 |
| Go/No-Go TaskResponse inhibition | Papers, 2021 to 20253,039 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 7% | Census rank7 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers84 | Reliability or validity papers683 | Registered clinical studies702 |
| Digit Span TestWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 20252,755 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 16% | Census rank8 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers136 | Reliability or validity papers1,202 | Registered clinical studies1,629 |
| Symbol CodingProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 20252,557 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 48% | Census rank9 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers135 | Reliability or validity papers860 | Registered clinical studies1,457 |
| Verbal LearningEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 20252,503 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 14% | Census rank10 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers134 | Reliability or validity papers1,123 | Registered clinical studies1,832 |
| Category FluencyEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 20252,471 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 54% | Census rank11 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers56 | Reliability or validity papers646 | Registered clinical studies624 |
| Delay DiscountingFood Delay DiscountingExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 20252,088 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 4% | Census rank12 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers48 | Reliability or validity papers396 | Registered clinical studies257 |
| Picture Naming TestLanguage | Papers, 2021 to 20251,759 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 1% | Census rank13 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers82 | Reliability or validity papers742 | Registered clinical studies466 |
| Task Switching TestExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 20251,508 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 7% | Census rank14 | UseA | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers15 | Reliability or validity papers232 | Registered clinical studies334 |
| Implicit Association Test (IAT)Social cognition | Papers, 2021 to 20251,497 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 3% | Census rank15 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers68 | Reliability or validity papers857 | Registered clinical studies113 |
| Eriksen Flanker TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 20251,472 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 17% | Census rank16 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers38 | Reliability or validity papers223 | Registered clinical studies334 |
| Lexical Decision TaskLanguage | Papers, 2021 to 20251,412 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 10% | Census rank17 | UseA | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers15 | Reliability or validity papers251 | Registered clinical studies22 |
| Oddball Target DetectionAttention | Papers, 2021 to 20251,392 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 1% | Census rank18 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers41 | Reliability or validity papers296 | Registered clinical studies86 |
| Card Sorting Test (Berg)Executive function | Papers, 2021 to 20251,227 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 8% | Census rank19 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers51 | Reliability or validity papers578 | Registered clinical studies410 |
| Emoji Emotion RecognitionSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 20251,197 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 47% | Census rank20 | UseA | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers21 | Reliability or validity papers266 | Registered clinical studies187 |
| Grammaticality Judgment TaskLanguage | Papers, 2021 to 20251,140 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 4% | Census rank21 | UseA | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers4 | Reliability or validity papers166 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| Visual Search TestAttention | Papers, 2021 to 20251,132 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 2% | Census rank22 | UseA | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers15 | Reliability or validity papers188 | Registered clinical studies46 |
| Matrix ReasoningExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 20251,106 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 1% | Census rank23 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers89 | Reliability or validity papers868 | Registered clinical studies272 |
| Probabilistic Reversal LearningExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 20251,072 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 12% | Census rank24 | UseA | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers15 | Reliability or validity papers138 | Registered clinical studies66 |
| Short Story RecallEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 20251,038 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 10% | Census rank25 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers52 | Reliability or validity papers445 | Registered clinical studies315 |
| Continuous Performance TestAttention | Papers, 2021 to 20251,014 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 12% | Census rank26 | UseA | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers54 | Reliability or validity papers517 | Registered clinical studies638 |
| Psychomotor Vigilance TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025972 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 32% | Census rank27 | UseB | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers27 | Reliability or validity papers192 | Registered clinical studies395 |
| Clock Drawing TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025971 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 11% | Census rank28 | UseB | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers37 | Reliability or validity papers520 | Registered clinical studies281 |
| Stop-Signal TaskResponse inhibition | Papers, 2021 to 2025897 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020About the same | Census rank29 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers23 | Reliability or validity papers153 | Registered clinical studies321 |
| Repeated Prisoner's DilemmaSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025865 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 2% | Census rank30 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers68 | Registered clinical studies3 |
| Trust GameSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025794 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 3% | Census rank31 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers7 | Reliability or validity papers109 | Registered clinical studies26 |
| Public Goods GameSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025778 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 10% | Census rank32 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers66 | Registered clinical studies3 |
| Dictator GameSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025771 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 8% | Census rank33 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers8 | Reliability or validity papers92 | Registered clinical studies14 |
| Self-Paced Reading TaskLanguage | Papers, 2021 to 2025740 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 46% | Census rank34 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers70 | Registered clinical studies1 |
| Recognition Memory TestEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025642 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 3% | Census rank35 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers17 | Reliability or validity papers186 | Registered clinical studies45 |
| Food Cue Reactivity TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025639 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 11% | Census rank36 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers7 | Reliability or validity papers167 | Registered clinical studies188 |
| Biological Motion TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025624 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 2% | Census rank37 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers5 | Reliability or validity papers104 | Registered clinical studies28 |
| Dot-Probe TaskFood-Picture Dot-ProbeAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025608 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 19% | Census rank38 | UseB | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers36 | Reliability or validity papers230 | Registered clinical studies148 |
| Ultimatum GameSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025592 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020About the same | Census rank39 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers3 | Reliability or validity papers61 | Registered clinical studies10 |
| Iowa Gambling LiteExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025576 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 17% | Census rank40 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers23 | Reliability or validity papers185 | Registered clinical studies125 |
| Complex Figure Copy and RecallEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025566 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 4% | Census rank42 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers23 | Reliability or validity papers336 | Registered clinical studies276 |
| Attention Network TestAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025562 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 14% | Census rank43 | UseB | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers29 | Reliability or validity papers123 | Registered clinical studies138 |
| Antisaccade TaskResponse inhibition | Papers, 2021 to 2025557 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 8% | Census rank44 | UseB | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers26 | Reliability or validity papers168 | Registered clinical studies68 |
| Vocabulary TestLanguage | Papers, 2021 to 2025550 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 22% | Census rank45 | UseB | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers49 | Reliability or validity papers503 | Registered clinical studies198 |
| Posner CueingAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025538 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 6% | Census rank46 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers8 | Reliability or validity papers261 | Registered clinical studies23 |
| Retrieval Practice TaskEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025522 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 6% | Census rank47 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers23 | Reliability or validity papers135 | Registered clinical studies8 |
| Corsi Block-Tapping TestWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025514 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 46% | Census rank48 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers20 | Reliability or validity papers95 | Registered clinical studies181 |
| Alternative Uses TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025509 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 56% | Census rank49 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers8 | Reliability or validity papers108 | Registered clinical studies19 |
| Moral Dilemma TaskSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025508 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 50% | Census rank50 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers46 | Registered clinical studies1 |
| Tower PlanningExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025495 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 20% | Census rank51 | UseB | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers30 | Reliability or validity papers190 | Registered clinical studies247 |
| Arithmetic Fluency TaskProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 2025485 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 12% | Census rank52 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers22 | Reliability or validity papers156 | Registered clinical studies100 |
| Choice Reaction TimeAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025478 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 12% | Census rank53 | UseB | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers31 | Reliability or validity papers274 | Registered clinical studies270 |
| Mental RotationWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025468 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 3% | Census rank54 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers20 | Reliability or validity papers130 | Registered clinical studies64 |
| Contrast Sensitivity TestAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025463 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 6% | Census rank55 | UseB | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers81 | Reliability or validity papers204 | Registered clinical studies119 |
| Cancellation TestAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025459 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 10% | Census rank56 | UseB | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers31 | Reliability or validity papers220 | Registered clinical studies253 |
| Finger Tapping TaskProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 2025447 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 11% | Census rank57 | UseB | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers29 | Reliability or validity papers173 | Registered clinical studies144 |
| Simon TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025439 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 1% | Census rank58 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers9 | Reliability or validity papers75 | Registered clinical studies30 |
| Serial Reaction TimeProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 2025418 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 10% | Census rank59 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers15 | Reliability or validity papers101 | Registered clinical studies27 |
| Simple Reaction TimeProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 2025417 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 21% | Census rank60 | UseB | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers31 | Reliability or validity papers198 | Registered clinical studies210 |
| Cloze TestLanguage | Papers, 2021 to 2025415 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 7% | Census rank61 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers5 | Reliability or validity papers292 | Registered clinical studies1 |
| Visuomotor Adaptation TaskProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 2025405 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 10% | Census rank63 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers3 | Reliability or validity papers38 | Registered clinical studies6 |
| Paced Visual Serial Addition TestProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 2025397 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 20% | Census rank64 | UseB | EvidenceA | Test-retest papers45 | Reliability or validity papers208 | Registered clinical studies337 |
| Motor Sequence TaskProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 2025380 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 21% | Census rank65 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers14 | Reliability or validity papers30 | Registered clinical studies30 |
| Judgments of Learning TaskEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025379 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 11% | Census rank66 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers4 | Reliability or validity papers50 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| Effort Discounting TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025373 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 79% | Census rank67 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers14 | Reliability or validity papers54 | Registered clinical studies46 |
| Delayed Recall ModuleEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025367 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 21% | Census rank68 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers16 | Reliability or validity papers139 | Registered clinical studies159 |
| Balloon RiskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025358 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 8% | Census rank69 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers13 | Reliability or validity papers100 | Registered clinical studies105 |
| Ball-Toss GameSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025358 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 15% | Census rank70 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers37 | Registered clinical studies33 |
| Four-Armed BanditExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025357 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 114% | Census rank71 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers9 | Reliability or validity papers39 | Registered clinical studies15 |
| Patch Foraging TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025356 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 36% | Census rank72 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers32 | Registered clinical studies7 |
| Social Value OrientationSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025348 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 20% | Census rank74 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers7 | Reliability or validity papers70 | Registered clinical studies14 |
| Monetary Incentive DelayExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025342 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 24% | Census rank75 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers15 | Reliability or validity papers60 | Registered clinical studies106 |
| Attentional Blink TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025332 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 10% | Census rank76 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers4 | Reliability or validity papers52 | Registered clinical studies12 |
| Paired Associate LearningEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025332 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 9% | Census rank77 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers24 | Reliability or validity papers171 | Registered clinical studies204 |
| Semantic Priming TaskLanguage | Papers, 2021 to 2025326 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 26% | Census rank78 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers9 | Reliability or validity papers65 | Registered clinical studies2 |
| Evaluative Conditioning TaskSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025315 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 22% | Census rank79 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers83 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| Perceptual Confidence TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025306 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 87% | Census rank82 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers7 | Reliability or validity papers44 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| Delayed Match-to-SampleEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025305 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 13% | Census rank83 | UseB | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers8 | Reliability or validity papers58 | Registered clinical studies69 |
| Gaze Cueing TaskSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025304 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 2% | Census rank84 | UseB | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers4 | Reliability or validity papers92 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Cognitive Reflection TestExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025297 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020About the same | Census rank86 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers107 | Registered clinical studies7 |
| Random Dot Motion TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025291 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 7% | Census rank87 | UseC | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers8 | Reliability or validity papers119 | Registered clinical studies11 |
| Retro-Cue TaskWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025288 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 46% | Census rank88 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers53 | Registered clinical studies3 |
| DRM False Memory TaskEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025284 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 4% | Census rank89 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers3 | Reliability or validity papers32 | Registered clinical studies6 |
| Levels of Processing TaskEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025278 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 20% | Census rank91 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers69 | Registered clinical studies1 |
| Social Discounting TaskSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025277 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 3% | Census rank92 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers3 | Reliability or validity papers38 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| Masked Priming TaskLanguage | Papers, 2021 to 2025270 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 18% | Census rank93 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers39 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Emotional Stroop TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025263 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 14% | Census rank95 | UseC | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers10 | Reliability or validity papers87 | Registered clinical studies66 |
| Free Recall TaskEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025258 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 17% | Census rank96 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers3 | Reliability or validity papers42 | Registered clinical studies18 |
| Third-Party Punishment GameSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025256 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 72% | Census rank97 | UseC | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers6 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| False Belief StoriesSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025253 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 22% | Census rank98 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers48 | Registered clinical studies7 |
| Approach-Avoidance TaskSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025251 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 6% | Census rank99 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers6 | Reliability or validity papers74 | Registered clinical studies28 |
| Temporal Order Judgment TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025251 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 24% | Census rank100 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers5 | Reliability or validity papers91 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| Sustained Attention to ResponseAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025250 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 56% | Census rank101 | UseC | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers11 | Reliability or validity papers53 | Registered clinical studies85 |
| Dimensional Change Card SortExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025247 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 55% | Census rank102 | UseC | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers11 | Reliability or validity papers57 | Registered clinical studies213 |
| Evaluative PrimingSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025243 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 17% | Census rank103 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers4 | Reliability or validity papers74 | Registered clinical studies2 |
| Backward Masking TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025240 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 32% | Census rank104 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers10 | Reliability or validity papers91 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| Operation SpanWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025237 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 1% | Census rank105 | UseC | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers8 | Reliability or validity papers52 | Registered clinical studies24 |
| Visual Illusions TestAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025234 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 4% | Census rank107 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers6 | Reliability or validity papers37 | Registered clinical studies1 |
| Syllogistic Reasoning TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025232 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 12% | Census rank108 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers127 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Navon Global-Local TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025231 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 18% | Census rank110 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers4 | Reliability or validity papers51 | Registered clinical studies3 |
| Line Bisection TestAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025224 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 22% | Census rank113 | UseC | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers19 | Reliability or validity papers97 | Registered clinical studies68 |
| Real-Effort Slider TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025223 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 2% | Census rank114 | UseC | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers18 | Registered clinical studies1 |
| Spatial Working MemoryWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025219 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020About the same | Census rank116 | UseC | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers15 | Reliability or validity papers59 | Registered clinical studies78 |
| Remote Associates TestExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025217 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 10% | Census rank117 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers4 | Reliability or validity papers91 | Registered clinical studies9 |
| Composite Face TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025214 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 26% | Census rank119 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers40 | Registered clinical studies3 |
| Virtual Maze NavigationEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025199 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 39% | Census rank122 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers3 | Reliability or validity papers25 | Registered clinical studies14 |
| Reasoning Biases ProblemsExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025198 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 9% | Census rank123 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers39 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Visual Crowding TestAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025196 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 18% | Census rank124 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers3 | Reliability or validity papers23 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| Mnemonic Similarity TaskEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025195 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 40% | Census rank125 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers4 | Reliability or validity papers21 | Registered clinical studies62 |
| Object Location Memory TaskEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025193 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 24% | Census rank126 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers14 | Registered clinical studies2 |
| Directed Forgetting TaskEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025191 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 10% | Census rank127 | UseC | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers14 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Negative Priming TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025190 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 15% | Census rank128 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers38 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| AX Continuous Performance TestExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025180 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 16% | Census rank132 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers3 | Reliability or validity papers43 | Registered clinical studies191 |
| Prospective Memory TaskEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025177 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 32% | Census rank133 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers5 | Reliability or validity papers51 | Registered clinical studies9 |
| Insight Problems TestExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025173 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 28% | Census rank136 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers46 | Registered clinical studies1 |
| Lottery Choice TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025172 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 17% | Census rank137 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers3 | Reliability or validity papers31 | Registered clinical studies6 |
| Reading Span TaskWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025171 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 15% | Census rank138 | UseC | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers11 | Reliability or validity papers48 | Registered clinical studies22 |
| Spiral Drawing TestProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 2025170 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 158% | Census rank139 | UseC | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers14 | Reliability or validity papers69 | Registered clinical studies11 |
| Sternberg Memory ScanningWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025170 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 15% | Census rank140 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers5 | Reliability or validity papers64 | Registered clinical studies38 |
| Associative Recognition TestEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025166 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 8% | Census rank142 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers15 | Registered clinical studies5 |
| Artificial Grammar LearningLanguage | Papers, 2021 to 2025165 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 28% | Census rank143 | UseC | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers22 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Letter-Number Sequencing TaskWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025162 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 15% | Census rank144 | UseC | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers8 | Reliability or validity papers78 | Registered clinical studies184 |
| Change DetectionWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025161 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 22% | Census rank145 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers3 | Reliability or validity papers31 | Registered clinical studies6 |
| Inhibition of Return TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025156 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 28% | Census rank147 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers71 | Registered clinical studies1 |
| Time Estimation TaskProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 2025152 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 6% | Census rank149 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers5 | Reliability or validity papers34 | Registered clinical studies17 |
| Repetition Priming TaskEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025149 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 22% | Census rank150 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers4 | Reliability or validity papers33 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Scrambled Sentences TestSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025148 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 49% | Census rank151 | UseC | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers12 | Reliability or validity papers61 | Registered clinical studies20 |
| Self-Referential Encoding TaskSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025145 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 16% | Census rank153 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers11 | Registered clinical studies6 |
| Brief Implicit Association TestSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 2025143 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 5% | Census rank154 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers7 | Reliability or validity papers78 | Registered clinical studies12 |
| Misinformation Effect TaskEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025143 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 15% | Census rank156 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers32 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Block Copy TestExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025140 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 1% | Census rank159 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers7 | Reliability or validity papers113 | Registered clinical studies33 |
| Fitts Pointing TaskProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 2025138 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 33% | Census rank161 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers4 | Reliability or validity papers52 | Registered clinical studies8 |
| Willingness to Pay TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025129 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 21% | Census rank162 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers24 | Registered clinical studies9 |
| Face-name Memory TaskEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025125 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020About the same | Census rank164 | UseC | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers12 | Reliability or validity papers47 | Registered clinical studies51 |
| Temporal Bisection TaskProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 2025125 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 7% | Census rank165 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers34 | Registered clinical studies2 |
| Affective Go/No-GoResponse inhibition | Papers, 2021 to 2025123 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 20% | Census rank166 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers14 | Registered clinical studies48 |
| Category Learning TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025123 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 7% | Census rank167 | UseC | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers6 | Registered clinical studies1 |
| Field of View Speed TestAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025123 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 26% | Census rank168 | UseC | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers14 | Reliability or validity papers83 | Registered clinical studies53 |
| Attentional Capture TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025122 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 85% | Census rank169 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers4 | Reliability or validity papers12 | Registered clinical studies1 |
| Design Fluency TestExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025116 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 22% | Census rank172 | UseC | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers22 | Reliability or validity papers97 | Registered clinical studies45 |
| Attention | Papers, 2021 to 2025116 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 22% | Census rank174 | UseC | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers23 | Reliability or validity papers157 | Registered clinical studies1 |
| Remember and Know TestEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025115 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 20% | Census rank175 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers21 | Registered clinical studies10 |
| Probability Discounting TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025109 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 26% | Census rank179 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers3 | Reliability or validity papers24 | Registered clinical studies7 |
| Tower of HanoiExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025106 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 18% | Census rank180 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers7 | Reliability or validity papers42 | Registered clinical studies34 |
| Contextual Cueing TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 2025102 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 20% | Census rank182 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers18 | Registered clinical studies5 |
| Retrieval-Induced Forgetting TaskEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025102 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 26% | Census rank183 | UseC | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers15 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Willingness to Wait TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 2025102 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 52% | Census rank184 | UseC | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers8 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| Word Pair LearningEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 2025101 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 3% | Census rank187 | UseC | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers12 | Reliability or validity papers78 | Registered clinical studies48 |
| Minimal Group TaskSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 202596 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 55% | Census rank192 | UseD | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers5 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Line Angle MatchingAttention | Papers, 2021 to 202595 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 9% | Census rank193 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers3 | Reliability or validity papers67 | Registered clinical studies69 |
| Face Memory TestEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 202593 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 19% | Census rank194 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers8 | Reliability or validity papers65 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| Spatial Stroop TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202590 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 61% | Census rank196 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers16 | Registered clinical studies3 |
| Implicit Relational Assessment TaskSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 202589 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 36% | Census rank197 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers5 | Reliability or validity papers69 | Registered clinical studies1 |
| Affect Misattribution TaskSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 202588 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 21% | Census rank198 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers5 | Reliability or validity papers61 | Registered clinical studies6 |
| Numeracy Problems TestExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202587 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020About the same | Census rank199 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers6 | Reliability or validity papers46 | Registered clinical studies13 |
| 3D Mental Rotation TestWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 202584 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 25% | Census rank200 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers22 | Registered clinical studies2 |
| Probabilistic Reward TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202584 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 105% | Census rank201 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers16 | Registered clinical studies38 |
| Think and No-Think TaskEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 202581 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 62% | Census rank203 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers12 | Registered clinical studies6 |
| Delayed Estimation TaskWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 202580 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 31% | Census rank205 | UseD | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers6 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Picture Order Memory TestEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 202579 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 155% | Census rank207 | UseD | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers9 | Reliability or validity papers34 | Registered clinical studies143 |
| Pursuit Tracking TestProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 202578 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 5% | Census rank210 | UseD | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers13 | Reliability or validity papers92 | Registered clinical studies12 |
| Size Order Memory TestWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 202576 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 124% | Census rank213 | UseD | EvidenceB | Test-retest papers8 | Reliability or validity papers29 | Registered clinical studies161 |
| Spatial Recognition MemoryEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 202576 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 10% | Census rank215 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers8 | Registered clinical studies6 |
| Pattern and Letter ComparisonProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 202570 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 119% | Census rank223 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers7 | Reliability or validity papers23 | Registered clinical studies146 |
| Pavlovian-Instrumental Transfer TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202570 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 30% | Census rank224 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers6 | Registered clinical studies3 |
| Two-Step TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202570 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 37% | Census rank225 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers17 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| Beads TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202568 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 19% | Census rank226 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers29 | Registered clinical studies20 |
| Effort for Rewards TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202568 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 8% | Census rank227 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers21 | Registered clinical studies61 |
| Multiple Object TrackingAttention | Papers, 2021 to 202568 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 20% | Census rank228 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers11 | Registered clinical studies7 |
| Rapid Visual Information ProcessingAttention | Papers, 2021 to 202567 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 24% | Census rank231 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers3 | Reliability or validity papers17 | Registered clinical studies204 |
| Betting Choice TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202566 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 4% | Census rank232 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers12 | Registered clinical studies24 |
| Beauty Contest GameSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 202563 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 11% | Census rank236 | UseD | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers3 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Anagram TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202559 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 27% | Census rank241 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers31 | Registered clinical studies2 |
| Psychological Refractory Period TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202558 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 38% | Census rank242 | UseD | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers7 | Registered clinical studies1 |
| Risky Framing TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202557 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 14% | Census rank243 | UseD | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers10 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Intra/Extra Dimensional Set ShiftExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202557 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 30% | Census rank244 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers22 | Registered clinical studies50 |
| Director TaskSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 202554 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 20% | Census rank248 | UseD | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers9 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Triplet Odd-One-Out TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 202553 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 179% | Census rank249 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers5 | Reliability or validity papers13 | Registered clinical studies2 |
| Sentence Verification TaskLanguage | Papers, 2021 to 202553 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 18% | Census rank251 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers48 | Registered clinical studies3 |
| Mirror Tracing TaskProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 202549 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 17% | Census rank256 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers5 | Reliability or validity papers16 | Registered clinical studies23 |
| Sentence Completion Inhibition TestExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202548 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 51% | Census rank258 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers31 | Registered clinical studies21 |
| Pattern Recognition MemoryEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 202547 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 13% | Census rank260 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers12 | Registered clinical studies41 |
| Enumeration TaskProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 202546 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 21% | Census rank261 | UseD | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers1 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Doors TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202542 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 147% | Census rank267 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers5 | Reliability or validity papers14 | Registered clinical studies7 |
| Perspective Pointing TestWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 202542 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 162% | Census rank269 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers11 | Registered clinical studies7 |
| Word Stem Completion TaskEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 202540 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 27% | Census rank271 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers26 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| Die-Roll TaskSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 202535 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 30% | Census rank279 | UseD | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers0 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Dot Comparison TaskProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 202534 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 55% | Census rank282 | UseD | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers1 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Go/No-Go Association TaskSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 202534 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 13% | Census rank285 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers21 | Registered clinical studies6 |
| Choice Blindness TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202533 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 27% | Census rank288 | UseD | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers9 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Immediate and Delayed Memory TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 202533 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 3% | Census rank289 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers17 | Registered clinical studies10 |
| Brown-Peterson TaskWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 202532 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 6% | Census rank292 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers20 | Registered clinical studies3 |
| Number Line EstimationProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 202531 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 29% | Census rank296 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers1 | Registered clinical studies3 |
| Picture Superiority TaskEpisodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 202531 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020About the same | Census rank297 | UseD | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers4 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Probabilistic Selection TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202531 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 3% | Census rank298 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers2 | Registered clinical studies11 |
| Dot Perspective TaskSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 202530 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 200% | Census rank300 | UseD | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers4 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Clock Vigilance TestAttention | Papers, 2021 to 202530 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 100% | Census rank301 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers7 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| Symmetry Span TaskWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 202530 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 35% | Census rank303 | UseD | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers11 | Registered clinical studies13 |
| Hebb Repetition TaskWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 202529 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 17% | Census rank304 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers4 | Reliability or validity papers4 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Point Subtraction Aggression TaskSocial cognition | Papers, 2021 to 202528 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 4% | Census rank306 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers24 | Registered clinical studies12 |
| Columbia Card TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202527 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 23% | Census rank310 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers8 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| SNARC Parity TaskProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 202526 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 4% | Census rank313 | UseE | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers4 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Weather Prediction TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202525 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 4% | Census rank317 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers6 | Registered clinical studies5 |
| Digit Comparison TaskProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 202524 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 60% | Census rank319 | UseE | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers3 | Registered clinical studies2 |
| Alternating Serial Reaction TimeProcessing speed | Papers, 2021 to 202523 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 21% | Census rank320 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers10 | Registered clinical studies1 |
| Episodic memory | Papers, 2021 to 202523 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 57% | Census rank323 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers6 | Reliability or validity papers18 | Registered clinical studies66 |
| Wason Selection TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202522 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 27% | Census rank326 | UseE | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers16 | Registered clinical studies0 |
| Rule Anticipation TestExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202520 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 13% | Census rank327 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers16 | Registered clinical studies10 |
| One-Touch Tower PlanningExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202519 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Up 19% | Census rank330 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers6 | Registered clinical studies51 |
| Bomb Risk TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202518 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Not compared | Census rank331 | UseE | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers1 | Registered clinical studies2 |
| Number Sequence TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202518 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Not compared | Census rank333 | UseE | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers14 | Registered clinical studies1 |
| Recent Probes TaskWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 202517 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 32% | Census rank341 | UseE | EvidenceD | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers2 | Registered clinical studies1 |
| Running SpanWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 202517 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 41% | Census rank342 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers5 | Registered clinical studies5 |
| Figure Matching TestAttention | Papers, 2021 to 202516 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 43% | Census rank344 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers4 | Reliability or validity papers67 | Registered clinical studies2 |
| Random Number GenerationExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202516 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 30% | Census rank345 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers8 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| Rotation Span TaskWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 202516 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 6% | Census rank346 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers9 | Registered clinical studies3 |
| Maze Tracing TestExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202515 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 21% | Census rank351 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers8 | Reliability or validity papers31 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| Hearts and Flowers TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202513 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Not compared | Census rank354 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers2 | Registered clinical studies10 |
| Inspection Time TaskAttention | Papers, 2021 to 202511 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020About the same | Census rank366 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers4 | Reliability or validity papers16 | Registered clinical studies1 |
| Squared Attention TasksExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202511 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Not compared | Census rank368 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers1 | Reliability or validity papers2 | Registered clinical studies3 |
| Loss Aversion TaskExecutive function | Papers, 2021 to 202510 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 47% | Census rank370 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers1 | Registered clinical studies4 |
| Self-Ordered Pointing TaskWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 202510 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Down 47% | Census rank371 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers2 | Reliability or validity papers14 | Registered clinical studies9 |
| Keep-Track TaskWorking memory | Papers, 2021 to 20254 | Papers per year, 2000 to 2025 | vs 2016 to 2020Not compared | Census rank383 | UseE | EvidenceC | Test-retest papers0 | Reliability or validity papers0 | Registered clinical studies7 |
How the counts are made
- Test families
- The census groups the names used across six public task catalogs, plus well-known tasks the catalogs leave out, into 395 test families. A family is one task and its versions.
- Papers
- OpenAlex records whose title or abstract names the task, by year of publication. Papers whose main topic is in the physical sciences are left out, because several task names mean something else there.
- Census rank
- The family's place among all 395 by papers from 2021 to 2025. Rank 1 is the most used.
- Compared with 2016 to 2020
- Papers from 2021 to 2025 against papers from 2016 to 2020. A family with fewer than 10 earlier papers is not compared.
- Test-retest papers
- Papers from any year that mention the task and test-retest.
- Reliability or validity papers
- Papers from any year that mention the task and test-retest, reliability, validity, validation, psychometrics or normative data.
- Registered clinical studies
- ClinicalTrials.gov studies that name the task in an outcome measure.
The counts measure use. They include every paper that names the task in its title or abstract. Grades describe the published research on each task, not ConductCognition's version of it.
Notes on the counts
- Picture Naming Test: most studies use spoken answers and line drawings.
- Task Switching Test: includes uses of the term outside cognitive tasks.
- Oddball Target Detection: most studies record EEG.
- Emoji Emotion Recognition: includes computer-vision papers.
- Probabilistic Reversal Learning: includes animal studies.
- Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma: includes theory papers.
- Trust Game: may include finance papers on investment games.
- Public Goods Game: includes theory papers.
- Food Cue Reactivity Task: includes physiology studies, and the counts include drug, alcohol and smoking cues while this version shows food.
- Antisaccade Task: includes eye-tracking studies.
- Vocabulary Test: includes commercial vocabulary tests.
- Retrieval Practice Task: includes education papers.
- Moral Dilemma Task: includes philosophy and AI papers on the trolley problem.
- Finger Tapping Task: includes motor sequence learning.
- Cloze Test: includes language teaching papers.
- Delayed Recall Module: includes general uses of the term.
- Patch Foraging Task: includes animal studies.
- Paired Associate Learning: includes verbal paired associates.
- Delayed Match-to-Sample: includes animal studies.
- Levels of Processing Task: includes general uses of the term.
- False Belief Stories: includes studies in children.
- Real-Effort Slider Task: includes counting and typing tasks.
- Spatial Working Memory: includes general uses of the term.
- Change Detection: also a remote sensing term, so the search phrases are narrow.
- Block Copy Test: phrase includes the commercial subtest.
- Tower of Hanoi: includes puzzle and computing papers.
- Delayed Estimation Task: includes general uses of the term.
- Pavlovian-Instrumental Transfer Task: includes animal studies.
- Multiple Object Tracking: also a computer-vision term so the phrases are narrow.
- Weather Prediction Task: may include forecasting papers.
- Squared Attention Tasks: first posted in 2022; earlier matches are other uses of the words.
Published reliability figures
- Attention Network Test: Split-half reliability: executive control .81, orienting .55, alerting .38. (MacLeod et al. 2010) https://doi.org/10.1037/a0019803
- Random Dot Motion Task: Test-retest ICC .60 for motion coherence thresholds. (Clark et al. 2022) https://doi.org/10.1167/jov.22.8.18
- Line Bisection Test: Test-retest ICC .97 in stroke patients with neglect. (Bailey et al. 2004) https://doi.org/10.1080/09602010343000282
Source: ConductCognition test census 0.14.0, counted 31 October 2026 from OpenAlex and ClinicalTrials.gov.
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