• Acute and chronic effects of condition/injury

• Personality / behavioral changes

• Differential diagnosis of cognitive disorders

  (e.g., Dementia vs. Delirium vs. Depression vs. MCI vs. Normal Aging)

• Differentiate dementias (e.g., Alzheimer vs. Vascular)

• Differentiate “brain dysfunction” from psychiatric diagnosis

• Daily functioning (e.g., financial management)

• Issues related to discharge planning

• Academic/vocational planning

• Job performance concerns

• Track cognitive deterioration/change over time as relevant to treatment planning

  (e.g., Assisted living vs. in-home services)

• Cognitive side effects of medications

• Epilepsy (e.g., assist in lateralization/localization of seizure focus, prediction of cognitive risk of 

  postoperative impairment)

• Behavioral/psychological sequela of medical/neurological disorders

• Monitor cognitive, psychiatric, behavioral, and quality-of-life related effects of treatment

• Detect neurocognitive manifestations of diseases/conditions 

  (e.g., learning disability, sleep apnea, MS, TBI, stroke, neoplasm, encephalitis)