The Computerized Test of Information Processing (CTIP) by Tom Tombaugh
Abstract
Tom Tombaugh popularized one of the first widely available (and still most widely used) tests of recognition memory symptom validity. Apparently believing that if two Tom's were good, three were a charm, he named the measure the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) (Tombaugh, 1996 ). Tom Tombaugh's TOMM continues to be a frequent choice of neuropsychologists who research and clinically utilize symptom validity tests. When Dr. Tombaugh died unexpectedly this year, neuropsychology lost a productive and creative researcher. It was not widely known that, at the time of his death (reportedly with his ski boots on), Dr. Tombaugh was completing a continuous performance test that was capable of measuring not only various aspects of visual attentional processing, but also the validity of the patterns produced. This is no small benefit, because, among currently available Continual Performance Tests (CPTs), only one other (Integrated Visual and Auditory CPT (IVA) + Plus) www.braintrain.com has researched, built-in, symptom validity measures (Quinn, 2003 ), and the IVA + Plus costs almost 10 times as much as the Computerized Test of Information Processing (CTIP) for unlimited use. The CTIP was finally published in 2008 by Multi-Health Systems,who also publish the Test of Memory Malingering