Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), an intermediate state between normal aging and dementia,
is characterized by acquired cognitive deficits, without significant decline in functional …

There have been increasing efforts to develop cognitive interventions to ameliorate cognitive
problems experienced by older adults. In healthy elderly populations, cognitive training has …

… between neuropsychological test scores of Spanish- and English-speaking AD patients
concerning the prediction of objective functional status as measured by the DAFS (Loewenstein, …

Assessment of the functional competencies of patients with dementia is typically conducted
in an indirect manner. Psychological tests of cognition or descriptions by relatives or other …

Purpose: The majority of persons with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are cared for at home by a
family member such as a spouse or daughter. Caregiving places enormous demands on …

Sixteen normal volunteers were studied with [F-18] fluorodeoxyglucose and positron emission
tomography scans during behavioral activation with a verbal fluency test, and 35 age-…

Background Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has been defined in several ways. Objective
To determine the 1-year outcomes of MCI by different definitions at the population level. …

• The areas of six bilateral brain segments in the right and left hemispheres, on a horizontal
brain section, and the area of subdivisions of the corpus callosum, on a midsagittal brain …

Background: Despite convenience, accessibility, and strong correlation to severity of Alzheimer
disease (AD) pathology, medial temporal lobe atrophy (MTA) has not been used as a …

Category fluency tasks are an important component of neuropsychological assessment,
especially when evaluating for dementia syndromes. The growth in the number of Spanish-…