Neurocognitive Domains

Question 1

List the 6 neurocognitive domains

Answer 1

1. Perceptual function
2. Language
3. Executive function
4. Complex attention
5. Social cognition
6. Learning and memory

Question 2

What are the subdomains of perceptual function?

Answer 2

visual perception, visuoconstructional reasoning, perceptual motor coordination

Addenbrookes: draw overlapping pentagons, cube and clock with numbers+hands; count the dots; identify the letters

Question 3

What are the subdomains of language?

Answer 3

object naming, word finding, fluency, grammar and syntax, receptive language

Addenbrookes: 
Naming - name the picture
Fluency - list as many animals as possible, generate as many words as possible with letter P 
Grammar
Writing -  write a sentence
Repetition - no ifs ands or buts
Read

Question 4

What are the subdomains of executive function?

Answer 4

planning, decision making, working memory, responding to feedback, inhibition, mental flexibility

RUDAS:
How would you cross a road with traffic and no pedestrian lights

Question 5

What are the subdomains of complex attention?

Answer 5

sustained attention, divided attention, selective attention, processing speed

MMSE/ Addenbrookes
Minus 7 from 100
WORLD backwards

Question 6

What are the subdomains of social cognition?

Answer 6

recognition of emotions, theory of mind, insight

Question 7

What are the subdomains of learning and memory?

Answer 7

free recall, cued recall, recognition of memory, semantic and autobiographical longterm memory, implicit learning
Anterograde/Recall: ball, flag tree
Retrograde: name the current PM, name USA president