Cognitive Correlates of Financial Abilities in Mild Cognitive Impairment

We analyzed structural magnetic resonance imaging data from 58 cognitively normal and 101 mild cognitive impairment subjects. We used a general linear regression model to study the association between cognitive performance with hippocampal atrophy and ventricular enlargement using the radial distance method.Bilateral hippocampal atrophy was associated with baseline and longitudinal memory performance. Left hippocampal atrophy predicted longitudinal decline in visuospatial function. The multidomain ventricular analysis did not reveal any significant predictors.

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Characterising omission errors in everyday task completion and cognitive correlates in individuals with mild cognitive impairment and dementia

Neuropsychological Rehabilitation ◽

10.1080/09602011.2017.1337039 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 29 (5) ◽

pp. 804-820 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jenna Beaver ◽

Kaci B. Wilson ◽

Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Impairment ◽

Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽

Task Completion ◽

Cognitive Correlates ◽

Everyday Task ◽

Omission Errors

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CAIDE dementia risk score and cognitive correlates among Filipinos with mild cognitive impairment

Alzheimer s & Dementia ◽

10.1002/alz.045630 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (S10) ◽

Author(s):

Jemellee Cano ◽

Ma Fe P Guzman ◽

Thien Kieu Thi Phung ◽

Jacqueline C Dominguez

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Impairment ◽

Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽

Risk Score ◽

Cognitive Correlates ◽

Dementia Risk

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Closing-in Behavior in Mild Cognitive Impairment: An Executive Deficit

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society ◽

10.1017/s1355617711001676 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 269-276 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Elisabetta Ambron ◽

Robert D. McIntosh ◽

Sara Finotto ◽

Francesca Clerici ◽

Claudio Mariani ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cognitive Impairment ◽

Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽

Memory Deficits ◽

Cognitive Profiles ◽

Cognitive Correlates ◽

Amnestic Mci ◽

Specific Memory ◽

Comparable Performance ◽

Cognitive Correlate ◽

Figure Copying

AbstractThis study explored Closing-in behavior (CIB), the tendency in figure copying to draw very close to or on top of the model, in mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The files of 154 people diagnosed with MCI were reviewed and CIB was identified in 21% of cases. Two approaches were used to explore CIB. First, we capitalized on the diverse cognitive profiles within MCI, subdividing the overall sample into people with and without memory deficits. The frequency of CIB was significantly higher in multidomain non-amnestic MCI than in multidomain amnestic MCI, suggesting that CIB is not associated with specific memory impairment. Second, we assessed the cognitive correlates of CIB, by selecting patients with MCI who completed a battery of executive, visuo-constructional and memory tasks. Sub-groups of patients with and without CIB showed a similar overall severity of cognitive decline and comparable performance in visuo-constructional and memory tasks, but those with CIB were slightly but significantly more impaired on executive function tasks. The study provides evidence against memory-based accounts of CIB, and supports recent suggestions that executive impairments are the dominant cognitive correlate of this clinical sign. (JINS, 2012, 18, 269–276)

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Remember to Buy Milk on the Way Home! A Meta-analytic Review of Prospective Memory in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society ◽

10.1017/s1355617712000331 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 706-716 ◽

Cited By ~ 45

Author(s):

Esther van den Berg ◽

Neeltje Kant ◽

Albert Postma

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Impairment ◽

Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽

Prospective Memory ◽

Literature Search ◽

Case Control ◽

Retrospective Memory ◽

Case Control Studies ◽

Cognitive Correlates ◽

Analytic Review ◽

Event Based

AbstractProspective memory (PM) is the ability to remember to execute delayed intentions. Previous studies indicate that PM is impaired in persons with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia, but the extent, nature, and cognitive correlates are unclear. A meta-analytic review was, therefore, performed (literature search 1990 to July 2011) on case-control studies on PM in dementia (10 studies, 336 patients, 505 controls) and MCI (7 studies, 225 patients, 253 controls). Differences between event-based and time-based PM and between measures of prospective and retrospective memory were examined, as well as correlations with other cognitive functions. Results showed that patients with dementia or MCI exhibit large deficits in PM (Hedges’ d −1.62 [95% confidence interval −1.98 to −1.27; p < .0001] for dementia; −1.24 [−1.51 to −0.995; p < .0001] for MCI; difference dementia vs. MCI: QM = 1.94, p = .16). Impairments were comparable in size for event-based and time-based PM (p > .05), as well as for prospective and retrospective memory (p > .05). PM showed modest correlations with measures of retrospective memory (median r = 0.27) and executive functioning (median r = 0.30). PM appears a valid construct in neuropsychological assessment in patients with dementia or MCI, but more insight is needed in the optimal characteristics of PM tasks to be used in clinical practice. (JINS, 2012, 18, 1–11)

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A Comparison of Functional Abilities in Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Parkinson’s Disease with Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Multiple Assessment Methods

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society ◽

10.1017/s1355617721001077 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe ◽

Courtney McAlister ◽

David Greeley

Keyword(s):

Parkinson’S Disease ◽

Parkinson's Disease ◽

Cognitive Impairment ◽

Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽

Direct Observation ◽

Functional Performance ◽

Assessment Methods ◽

Cognitive Correlates ◽

Motor Abilities ◽

Multiple Assessment

Abstract Objective: This study used multiple assessment methods to examine instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) performance in individuals with Parkinson’s disease with mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI) compared to individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and cognitively healthy older adults (HOA). Associations between functional performance and cognition were also examined. Methods: Eighteen individuals with PD-MCI, 48 individuals with MCI, and 66 HOAs were assessed with multiple IADL measures, including direct observation, a performance-based measure, and self- and informant-report questionnaires. Performance on the direct-observation measure was further characterized by coding for four error types: omissions, substitutions, and inefficient and irrelevant/off-task actions. Results: Both the PD-MCI and MCI groups performed more poorly on the overall score for all IADL measures relative to HOAs. Although the PD-MCI and MCI groups did not differ in overall performance, on the direct-observation measure, the PD-MCI group took longer and made more inefficient and irrelevant/off-task errors relative to the HOA and MCI groups, whereas the MCI group made more omission and substitution errors relative to HOAs. Further, the pattern of cognitive correlates that associated most strongly with the functional measures varied across groups and functional assessment methods. Conclusion: Compared to HOAs, PD-MCI and MCI groups demonstrated increased difficulties performing everyday activities, and cognitive and motor abilities differentially contributed to the everyday task difficulties of these two groups.

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