The MiniCog Rapid Assessment Battery: Developing a "blood pressure cuff for the mind"

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Shephard, Jennifer M ^a   Kosslyn, Stephen M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive assessment; Cognitive impairment; Extreme environments; Fatigue; Job performance; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMONAUT; FATIGUE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SPACE; STRESS; WORKER; WORKING MEMORY;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ASTRONAUTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; SOFTWARE; SPACE FLIGHT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20144369066     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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