The modern use of screening and diagnostic measures to assess behavioral changes due to brain trauma, which is now called neuropsychological assessment, is often accredited to which event?

A) The Civil War
B) World War I
C) The Tuskegee experiments
D) The launching of Sputnik

Neuropsychological Assessment

The evaluation of brain and nervous system functions using a battery of standardized tests that measure a person's cognitive, motor, behavioral, and language skills.

Brain Trauma

Injury to the brain caused by an external force, which can result in temporary or permanent impairment of cognitive, physical, and psychosocial functions.

Diagnostic Measures

Tools or tests used by healthcare professionals to determine the nature or cause of a patient's condition or disease.