Assessment of age-related changes in cognitive functions using EmoCogMeter, a novel tablet-computer based approach

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 84, 2014, Pages

  Fuge, Philipp ^a,b   Grimm, Simone ^a,b,c   Weigand, Anne ^a,b   Fan, Yan ^a   Gärtner, Matti ^a   Feeser, Melanie ^a   Bajbouj, Malek ^a,b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age; Attention; Behavior; Cognitive decline; Executive functions; Issue 84; Memory; Neuropsychological testing; Tablet computer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904559065     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50942     Document Type: Article

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