Cognitive Assessment Flashcards
Cognitive impairment
MMSE: Quantitative assessment of cognitive impairment and changes in patient’s condition
MoCA: Developed for participants with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) that still score >24 points in the MMSE
Attention deficit
TMT: Assesses attention disorder and at a second level, executive dysfunction. But also spatial orientation
TAP: Assesses attentional deficits
D2: Assesses sustained attention
Spatial reasoning and navigation deficit
MRT: Abstraction, spatial reasoning and navigation
Visuospatial deficit
CDT: Used for a quick assessment of visuospatial abilities and executive functions in populations of patients with neuro-perceptual impairment (dementia, neglect, disconnective syndromes…)