Abstract

Neuropsychology can be understood as an interdisciplinary field that has neuroscience and psychology as bases. In this work, a review of scientific articles on studies of the validity of neuropsychological tests between the years 2011 and 2015 was carried out. Twenty-six articles were selected. The results show that 58% of the articles were reviewed by Qualis A2, in national and international journals, 50% of the sample is composed of an elderly audience, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment was the most present test and the LILACS database presented 30, 8% of articles, 20.2% aimed at correlation between tests and subtests. It can be concluded that there is a great commitment with the quality and internationalization of the works.