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Newest in this topic

  1. A digital programme to prevent falls and improve wellbeing in people living with dementia in the community: Quantitative results from the KOKU-LITE feasibility study 2026-10-29
  2. Stable and Interpretable Cognitive Status Screening Using Longitudinal Wearable Data 2026-10-20
  3. Comorbidities of dementia in electronic health records: validation of a natural language processing app and comparison with data linkage 2026-10-19

Studies

238 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1991 to 2026

Top journals

  • Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 12
  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 12
  • medRxiv 12
  • Research Square 11
  • Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 9

107 journals in all.

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  1. Hello Harlie: Enabling Speech Monitoring Through Chat-Bot Conversations

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Studies in health technology and informatics 2016-01-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    People with neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease and dementia are known to have difficulties in language and communication.

  2. Smartphone for smart living: Using new technologies to cope with everyday limitations in semantic dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation 2015-10-19 Cognitive tests and assessment

    New technologies have considerable potential to support people with semantic dementia-a form of progressive aphasia-in their everyday lives, but evidence is still sparse.

  3. Computerised cognitive testing of individuals with Down's syndrome and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR 2015-09-16 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Mean scaled scores in this longitudinal study were evaluated with repeated measures analysis of variance.

  4. The impact of neuroscience on society: cognitive enhancement in neuropsychiatric disorders and in healthy people

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 2015-09-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    In addition to causing distress and disability to the individual, neuropsychiatric disorders are also extremely expensive to society and governments.

  5. Gait Monitoring for Early Neurological Disorder Detection Using Sensors in a Smartphone: Validation and a Case Study of Parkinsonism

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health 2015-08-24 Cognitive tests and assessment

    On average, the accuracy of our step length estimation was about 98%.

  6. Protecting cognition from aging and Alzheimer's disease: a computerized cognitive training combined with reminiscence therapy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2015-07-23 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Our results corroborate the positive effect of pb-CT and its maintenance primarily on memory in HE and MCI participants that did not seem to be potentiated by RT.

  7. Usability and Validity of a Battery of Computerised Cognitive Screening Tests for Detecting Cognitive Impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Gerontology 2015-06-24 Cognitive tests and assessment

    The participants had little difficulty self-administering the CCS, which is an oft-cited barrier to computerised testing in this population.

  8. Validation of the Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Screen (ECAS): A cognitive tool for motor disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration 2015-04-27 Prevention trials

    Our objective was to assess the validity of the Edinburgh Cognitive and Behaviour ALS Screen (ECAS), a multi-domain screen designed to detect cognitive deficits in patients with motor disorders.

  9. Automatic speech analysis for the assessment of patients with predementia and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2015-03-29 Digital health tools

    Automatic speech analyses could be an additional objective assessment tool for elderly with cognitive decline.

  10. Development of a smartphone application for the objective detection of attentional deficits in delirium

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. International psychogeriatrics 2015-03-06 Cognitive tests and assessment

    The DelApp test showed good performance, supporting the utility of objectively measuring attention in delirium assessment.

  11. Confusion: delirium and dementia - a smartphone app to improve cognitive assessment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. BMJ quality improvement reports 2015-01-21 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Older patients with dementia and delirium are more prone to adverse events in hospital, but formal cognitive assessment to identify these vulnerable patients on admission is often not carried out by junior doctors.

  12. Relying on procedural memory to enhance independence in daily living activities: Smartphone use in a case of semantic dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neuropsychological rehabilitation 2015-01-03 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Relying on procedural memory is a promising approach for interventions that address the cognitive difficulties found in semantic dementia.

  13. Feasibility and validity of the self-administered computerized assessment of mild cognitive impairment with older primary care patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer disease and associated disorders 2014-10-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    We investigated whether a validated computerized cognitive test, the Computerized Assessment of Mild Cognitive Impairment (CAMCI), could be independently completed by older primary care patients.

  14. A web-based non-intrusive ambient system to measure and classify activities of daily living

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of medical Internet research 2014-07-21 Cognitive tests and assessment

    To provide effective care, they need to know how patients cope with ADL, in particular, the estimation of risks associated with the cognitive decline.

  15. Can a novel computerized cognitive screening test provide additional information for early detection of Alzheimer's disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2014-03-18 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Compared with ERP, MRI, or neuropsychological tests alone, the VR-DOT could provide additional predictive information in a low-cost, computerized, and noninvasive way.

  16. Computerized Neurocognitive Test (CNT) in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Dementia & neuropsychologia 2014 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Currently, computerized batteries are of great value in detecting cognitive impairment.

  17. Montreal cognitive assessment: validation study for mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Alzheimer disease and associated disorders 2013-01-01 Risk factors

    The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was recently proposed as a cognitive screening test for milder forms of cognitive impairment, having surpassed the well-known limitations of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).

  18. Computerized cognitive training with older adults: a systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. PloS one 2012-07-11 Cognitive tests and assessment

    A systematic review to examine the efficacy of computer-based cognitive interventions for cognitively healthy older adults was conducted.

  19. Validity of a brief computerized cognitive screening test in dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology 2012-06-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    CogState and standard neuropsychological task scores were significantly lower for dementia participants than that of the nondementia groups (P < .05), with a single CogState test distinguishing control from MCI participants, but minimal differentiation existing between dementias using the CogState.

  20. Reliability of repeated cognitive assessment of dementia using a brief computerized battery

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias 2011-06-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    In established dementia, administration of the CogState tasks appears sensitive to cognitive impairment in dementia.

  21. Computerized cognitive assessment in primary care to identify patients with suspected cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2010-01-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    The incidence and prevalence in those over age 65 of neurodegenerative disorders and chronic diseases, which often have deleterious effects on cognition, are rapidly increasing in western societies.

  22. The use of the Modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS-M) in the detection of amnestic mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology 2009-06-01 Prevention trials

    Many screening tools for detecting cognitive decline require in-person assessment, which is often not cost-effective or feasible for those with physical limitations.

  23. Cross validation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in community dwelling older adults residing in the Southeastern US

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2009-02-01 Risk factors

    The MoCA appears to have utility as a cognitive screen for early detection of AD and for MCI and warrants further investigation regarding its applicability in primary care settings, varying ethnic groups, and younger at-risk individuals.

  24. Status of computerized cognitive testing in aging: a systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2008-11-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    All test batteries exhibited some of the strengths of computerized cognitive testing: standardization of administration and stimulus presentation, accurate measures of response latencies, automated comparison in real time with an individual's prior performance as well as with age-related norms, and efficiencies of staffing and cost.

  25. A new Brief computerized cognitive screening battery (CompCogs) for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Dementia & neuropsychologia 2008 Cognitive tests and assessment

    CompCogs included the Face test (correct response) and Word and Forms with Short term memory tests (reaction time).

  26. Reliability and validity of a computerized neurocognitive test battery, CNS Vital Signs

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists 2006-10-02 Risk factors

    CNS Vital Signs (CNSVS) is a computerized neurocognitive test battery that was developed as a routine clinical screening instrument.

  27. IPA survey of brief cognitive screening instruments

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. International psychogeriatrics 2006-02-08 Risk factors

    The majority of respondents were geriatric psychiatrists (58%).

  28. Computerized cognitive testing battery identifies mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia even in the presence of depressive symptoms

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias 2006-01-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Cognitive and depressive symptoms co-occur, complicating detection of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and early dementia.

  29. The assessment of cognitive function in advanced HIV-1 infection and AIDS dementia complex using a new computerised cognitive test battery

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists 2005-12-15 Cognitive tests and assessment

    The validity of a new computerised battery called CogState was determined in 60 individuals with advanced human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection from which eleven were assessed as AIDS dementia complex (ADC) stage 1 or 2.

  30. Validation of a 26-point telephone version of the Mini-Mental State Examination

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology 2004-06-01 Risk factors

    The objective of this study was to assess the convergent validity of a 26-point Telephone Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in a longitudinal cohort of 46 Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients.

  31. Validity of the Mindstreams computerized cognitive battery for mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN 2004-01-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    The NeuroTrax Mindstreams computerized cognitive assessment system was designed for widespread clinical and research use in detecting mild cognitive impairment (MCI).

  32. Validity of a novel computerized cognitive battery for mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. BMC geriatrics 2003-11-02 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Mindstreams tests are effective in detecting MCI, providing a comprehensive profile of cognitive function.

  33. Clock-drawing: is it the ideal cognitive screening test?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2000-06-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    The clock-drawing test meets defined criteria for a cognitive screening instrument.

  34. Effects of individualized versus classical "relaxation" music on the frequency of agitation in elderly persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. International psychogeriatrics 2000-03-01 Health systems and care delivery

    Confusion and agitation in elderly patients are crucial problems.

  35. The capacity of people with a 'mental disability' to make a health care decision

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Psychological medicine 2000-03-01 Biomarkers

    Consistent with current views, capacity reflected an interaction between the decision-maker and the demands of the decision-making task.

  36. An Inventory to Assess Activities of Daily Living for Clinical Trials in Alzheimerʼs Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders 1997-01-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    We developed a set of informant-based items describing performance of activities of daily living (ADL) by patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) to identify which ADL are useful for assessment of patients in clinical trials.

  37. Clock completion: an objective screening test for dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 1993-11-01 Health systems and care delivery

    A simple, completely objective scoring system for a clock completion test has been developed which involves only the number of digits placed in the fourth quadrant of a pre-drawn circle.

  38. Reliability and validity of the Apathy Evaluation Scale

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Psychiatry research 1991-08-01 Risk factors

    This article presents evidence for the reliability and construct validity of the Apathy Evaluation Scale (AES).

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