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  1. Feasibility of remote self-administered cognitive assessment in an Alzheimer's disease treatment clinic 2026-09-16
  2. Structural brain imaging for newly diagnosed cognitive impairment by Medicare coverage type 2026-09-15
  3. Detection and Continuous Monitoring of Memory Dysfunction in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Healthy Aging Through Adaptive Computational Phenotyping 2026-09-12

Studies

847 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1982 to 2026

Top journals

  • Neurology 63
  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 31
  • Archives of neurology 30
  • Alzheimer s & Dementia 25
  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 21

315 journals in all.

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  1. Feasibility of remote self-administered cognitive assessment in an Alzheimer's disease treatment clinic

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-09-16 Treatments

    IntroductionRemote cognitive assessments offer an accessible, scalable way to support clinical characterization and longitudinal monitoring of cognition.

  2. Structural brain imaging for newly diagnosed cognitive impairment by Medicare coverage type

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR 2026-09-15 Health systems and care delivery

    Structural brain imaging is guideline-recommended for cases with newly diagnosed cognitive impairment.

  3. Detection and Continuous Monitoring of Memory Dysfunction in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Healthy Aging Through Adaptive Computational Phenotyping

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-09-12 Getting a diagnosis

    These findings show that model-based, adaptive assessments can support high-frequency, remote detection and scalable longitudinal monitoring of early memory decline, providing a new way to assess memory decline trajectories in healthy aging and dementia.

  4. Structural, Functional and Cognitive Validation of a Deep-Learning MCI-to-AD Conversion Model in OASIS-3

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-09-10 Brain scans and imaging

    BackgroundDeep-learning models predict mild cognitive impairment (MCI)-to-Alzheimers disease (AD) conversion from structural MRI with high accuracy.

  5. Implementation and Evaluation of the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol in an Arabic-Speaking Population: The Lebanon Study on Aging and Health (LSAHA)

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-09-07 Getting a diagnosis

    The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is projected to experience the fastest growth in dementia burden globally, yet population-based data on cognitive aging remain scarce.

  6. Comparative Value of Cognitive and Functional Assessments for Predicting 24-Month Progression from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer's Disease: An ADNI Cohort Study

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-09-04 Genetics

    BackgroundAccurate prediction of progression from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimers disease (AD) is important for prognosis, patient management, and clinical trial enrollment.

  7. Systematic Modality Ablation of Multimodal Machine Learning for Predicting 24-Month Progression from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer's Disease

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-09-04 Genetics

    INTRODUCTIONMultimodal biomarkers have transformed Alzheimers disease research, but the incremental contribution of each modality to predicting progression from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) remains unclear.

  8. Integrating cognitive, linguistic and acoustic features to identify individuals with cognitive impairment: a proof-of-concept study

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-08-27 Getting a diagnosis

    Early identification of cognitive impairment remains challenging in settings where comprehensive cognitive and clinical assessments are not available.

  9. Investigating the Usability, Feasibility, and Effect of a Virtual Reality Cognitive Training System on Brain Cancer Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Quasi-Experimental (Single-Arm) Pilot Study

    ⚠ Preprint — not yet peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. medRxiv (preprint) 2026-08-24 Mild cognitive impairment

    The feasibility criteria of >80% was met.

  10. Prediction of mild cognitive impairment progression using time-sensitive multimodal biomarkers

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Science Advances 2026-08-12 Mild cognitive impairment

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) develops over a prolonged asymptomatic phase marked by silent pathology.

  11. Social and socioeconomic factors and cognitive outcomes in multiple sclerosis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders 2026-08-10 Risk factors

    Non-White race and adverse social and socioeconomic factors-lower education, unemployment, unmarried status, and greater neighborhood disadvantage-were each associated with poorer cognitive performance (p < 0.05).

  12. Sensitivity and specificity of the CANTAB Paired Associates Learning test for identifying mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 37 out of 100. Acta Psychologica 2026-08-07 Getting a diagnosis

    Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a stage between normal cognition and dementia, and timely diagnosis of this condition offers the opportunity for effective interventions to slow down the progression to dementia.

  13. Diagnostic Accuracy of the Boston Criteria v2.0 in Memory Clinic Patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Neurology 2026-08-03 Getting a diagnosis

    Eighty patients were included (mean age: 81 years, interquartile range 74-86 years; 36.2% female, ∼80% with dementia and Alzheimer disease).

  14. Estimates of Incidence and Prevalence of Conversions to Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Patients With Essential Tremor

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. Neurology 2026-07-10 How common it is

    baseline age = 79.6 years, 60.6% female.

  15. MMSE–CDR‐SB residual as an exploratory indicator of deviation from an Alzheimer's disease–typical cognitive–functional pattern

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring 2026-07-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    The MMSE–CDR‐SB residual may help flag less AD‐typical presentations for further etiologic evaluation, but cannot be interpreted as a pathology‐specific marker due to substantial overlap across diagnostic groups.

  16. Promoting Brain Health in the Context of Normal Aging and Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Tutorial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. American journal of speech-language pathology 2026-06-18 Health systems and care delivery

    There are significant opportunities for speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to play important roles in the primary and secondary prevention of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) beyond current practices.

  17. Predicting Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer's Disease Progression by Explainable Multi‐Modal Framework Using Deep and Machine Learning Hybrid Model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology 2026-06-09 Mild cognitive impairment

    Accurate prediction of the progression from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer's disease (AD) is essential for early intervention and effective disease management.

  18. Nonpharmacological multicomponent intervention for mild cognitive impairment with a family-patient approach: protocol for the pilot clinical trial—INTERCOG study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. PubMed Central 2026-06-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    Multicomponent and transdisciplinary interventions focused on the family member–patient dyad have the potential to optimize cognitive outcomes and quality of life.

  19. Cognitive tasks for evoking the P300 event-related potential in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment: A scoping review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. International Journal of Psychophysiology 2026-05-25 Mild cognitive impairment

    Event-related potentials (ERPs), particularly the P300 component, provide a noninvasive, cost-effective approach to probing neural dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

  20. The head turning sign “outside the clinic walls” in patients with mild cognitive impairment and dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2026-05-25 Cognitive tests and assessment

    In MCI and dementia, the HTS is an ecologically valid non-canonical sign, frequently occurs in daily life too, associated with longer disease duration and spatial disorientation.

  21. A deep hybrid CNN-BiLSTM-BiGRU architecture with explainability for mild cognitive impairment detection using EEG

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 35 out of 100. Brain Informatics 2026-05-11 Mild cognitive impairment

    Accurate detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is critical for timely intervention and for slowing progression to Alzheimer's disease.

  22. Combining EEG, event-related potentials, and MRI biomarkers for detection of mild cognitive impairment: A machine learning approach

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Clinical Neurophysiology 2026-05-06 Mild cognitive impairment

    EEG/ERP analysis suggested differences in frontal alpha asymmetry, power ratio, and ERP components between the MCI and CN groups.

  23. Speech‐based digital cognitive assessment for clinical trials: Detecting cognitive impairment stages and AD biomarker relations across European cohorts

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2026-05-01 Getting a diagnosis

    SB-C significantly differentiated cognitively unimpaired and impaired groups (P < 0.001), correlated with standard cognitive measures, and showed moderate-to-high area under the curve (0.56-0.82) for classifying biomarker positivity, with strongest results in BioFINDER-Primary Care.

  24. Converting short cognitive screen scores: Comparing the Quick mild cognitive impairment screen, Montreal cognitive assessment, and Mini-mental state examination

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease Reports 2026-04-01 Getting a diagnosis

    This study provides validated conversion tables between the Q mci screen and two widely-used cognitive instruments, to support the use of the Q mci screen in research (facilitating cross-instrument comparability and harmonization across studies), and clinical settings (determining eligibility for disease-modifying therapies).

  25. Low-Dose Lithium for Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. JAMA neurology 2026-04-01 Treatments

    Among 80 participants (mean [SD] age, lithium: 72.93 [8.77] years; placebo: 71.22 [6.47] years; 56% female), none of the 6 coprimary outcomes met the prespecified significance threshold.

  26. Mild cognitive impairment‐to‐Alzheimer's dementia progression risk: the contribution of the Interceptor project

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2026-04-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    Dementia developed in 104 individuals (29.6%), including 85 (22.4%) who met core clinical criteria for probable and possible Alzheimer's disease dementia.

  27. The role of verbal episodic memory in progression to mild cognitive impairment: The influence of serial position effects

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. International Psychogeriatrics 2026-04-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    SCD participants were older, had fewer years of education, more depressive symptoms, and more subjective cognitive complaints than CU participants.

  28. Sensitivity comparison of longitudinal cognitive function indicators of Alzheimer’s disease after mild cognitive impairment: a prospective cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Scientific Reports 2026-03-22 Mild cognitive impairment

    Accurate prediction of progression from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer's disease (AD) is critical for early intervention.

  29. Family caregiver perspectives on administering home-based stimulation in patients with mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 33 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2026-03-15 Mild cognitive impairment

    BackgroundWhile transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) shows therapeutic promise for neurological and psychiatric disorders when applied repeatedly, its potential is constrained by multiple laboratory visits.

  30. Estimating cognitive function score from mild cognitive impairment to moderate dementia using a hybrid model combining plasma biomarkers with electroencephalogram signal

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2026-03-13 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Integrating EEG features with plasma biomarkers improves prediction of cognitive function from mild cognitive impairment to moderate dementia, pending external validation.

  31. Usability and feasibility of INFORMA platform for computerized cognitive stimulation in mild cognitive impairment and early dementia: an 8-week multicenter study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research 2026-03-13 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Of 219 completing participants (mean age 73.5 years), the mean SUS score was 82.0 (95% CI: 80.3-83.8), with 84% exceeding the usability threshold (SUS score > 68).

  32. Resource-stratified machine learning framework for cognitive status classification and mild cognitive impairment to dementia progression prediction

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy 2026-03-07 Digital health tools

    The Level 3 model achieved high classification performance (AUC: 93.98%), and the Level 1 model achieved comparable performance (AUC: 91.53%).

  33. Predicting rates of cognitive and functional decline in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Communications Medicine 2026-02-26 Mild cognitive impairment

    The MMSE model achieves a mean absolute error (MAE) of 1.84 (95% CI: 1.64-2.04) internally and 2.19 in external validation.

  34. Lipidomic signatures reveal biomarkers of mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Translational Psychiatry 2026-02-16 Mild cognitive impairment

    Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an early stage in the progression toward dementia.

  35. Measurement differences in the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol across ethnicity and language in the United States

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Neuropsychology 2026-02-09 Getting a diagnosis

    We observed measurement differences in the HCAP across H/L and NHW older adults for the memory, language, executive functioning, and orientation, but not visuospatial, domains.

  36. The yes-no reversal phenomenon: Prevalence and correlates in mild cognitive impairment and dementia due to neurodegenerative, chronic cerebrovascular, and mixed etiologies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2026-02-09 Cognitive tests and assessment

    BackgroundThe yes-no reversal (YNR) phenomenon consists in a patient saying "yes" when meaning "no", or vice-versa.

  37. A new paradigm for stratified cognitive assessment: fusing serum Raman spectroscopy and ensemble learning

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy 2026-01-30 Getting a diagnosis

    We developed a serum Raman spectroscopy-based ensemble learning approach for graded cognitive screening.

  38. Towards the development of a management protocol for subjective cognitive decline: Insights from a cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis of multimodal data from a memory clinic

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer s Disease 2026-01-28 Mild cognitive impairment

    This study highlights the role of age, gender, APOE genotype, and depressive symptoms in the presentation and progression of cognitive decline.

  39. Cerebellar volumes’ selective association with MoCA over MMSE: a diagnostic insight into mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Neurological Sciences 2026-01-21 Cognitive tests and assessment

    MoCA scores showed significant positive correlations with cognitive-related cerebellar regions, particularly the left Crus I lobule (r = 0.40, p = 0.02) and total Crus I volume (r = 0.36, p = 0.04).

  40. Potentially inappropriate medications related to two-year progression of mild cognitive impairment and dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 49 out of 100. European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2026-01-19 Mild cognitive impairment

    The prevalence of PIMcogs increased from 16% at baseline to 23% at follow-up.

  41. Associations of self- and informant-reported functional impairment with cognitive performance and incident dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease 2026-01-18 Getting a diagnosis

    Self- and informant-reported ADL and IADL impairments were examined at overall and item levels.

  42. NUCOG10: The development and validation of a short form of the NUCOG cognitive assessment tool

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2026-01-17 Getting a diagnosis

    The psychometric properties of the Neuropsychiatry Unit Cognitive Assessment short-form versions were comparable with the original, with all maintaining high convergent validity and reliability.

  43. Validation of the Polish Version of Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination III in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 2026-01-13 Getting a diagnosis

    Internal consistency of the ACE-III was strong (McDonald's ω = 0.889).

  44. Data-driven clinical decision support tool for diagnosing mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. npj Parkinson s Disease 2026-01-12 Mild cognitive impairment

    Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition that may affect both motor and cognitive function.

  45. Aperiodic EEG signatures: unveiling the interplay between APOE ε4 and mild cognitive impairment subtypes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience 2026-01-08 Mild cognitive impairment

    We found interactions between APOE4 and cognitive states in the aperiodic EEG exponent and the spectral power ratio (SPR).

  46. Altered temporal dynamics of prefrontal ERP responses reflecting neural adaptation in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy 2026-01-07 Mild cognitive impairment

    Event-related potentials (ERPs), particularly the P200 component, have been studied as potential biomarkers, but conventional grand-averaged approaches often yield inconsistent results.

  47. Individualized prediction of transition from subjective cognitive decline to mild cognitive impairment based on multimodal MRI: a 10-year follow-up study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease 2026-01-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    The model incorporating age, brain volume, functional, and radiomics features demonstrated the highest predictive performance for SCD progression in training (C-index: 0.962; 95 % CI: 0.95-0.98) and testing (C-index: 0.911; 95 % CI: 0.861-0.968) sets.

  48. Predicting low premorbid cognitive ability with social determinants: A machine learning approach

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 31 out of 100. Journal of Aging Research and Lifestyle 2026-01-01 Risk factors

    The model achieved and AUC of 0.72 [0.64, 0.81].

  49. Rationale and design of a multidomain lifestyle program for mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Alzheimer s & Dementia 2026-01-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    The development of non-pharmacological treatment approaches is supported by evidence that addressing key modifiable risk factors may prevent or delay up to 45% of dementia cases.

  50. Virtual reality-based cognitive assessment tools for mild cognitive impairment screening: comparison with traditional paper-and-pencil-based cognitive assessment tools

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 32 out of 100. Innovation in Aging 2025-12-23 Getting a diagnosis

    VARABOM.D scores showed significant positive associations with established cognitive assessments.

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