CANTAB object recognition and language tests to detect aging cognitive decline: An exploratory comparative study

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-48

  Soares, Fernanda Cabral ^a   de Oliveira, Thaís Cristina Galdino ^a   de Macedo, Liliane Dias e Dias ^a   Tomás, Alessandra Mendonça ^a   Picanço Diniz, Domingos Luiz Wanderley ^b   Bento Torres, João ^a   Bento Torres, Natáli Valim Oliver ^a   Picanço Diniz, Cristovam Wanderley ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO OESTE DO PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Cluster analysis; Discriminant analysis; Neuropsychological tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAMBRIDGE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST AUTOMATED BATTERY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING AND MEMORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL NAVIGATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84929392262     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S68186     Document Type: Article

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