Mental health and aging in the 2020s.

BD Carpenter, M Gatz, MA Smyer - American Psychologist, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought age bias and the unmet mental health needs of older
adults into bold relief. Even before the pandemic, the psychological needs of older adults …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting progression from normal to MCI and from MCI to AD using clinical variables in the national Alzheimer's coordinating center uniform data set version …

Y Pang, W Kukull, M Sano, RL Albin, C Shen… - The journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Clinical trials are increasingly focused on pre-manifest and early Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Accurately predicting clinical progressions from normal to MCI or from MCI to dementia/AD …

A mobile application using automatic speech analysis for classifying Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment

Y Yamada, K Shinkawa, M Nemoto, K Nemoto… - Computer Speech & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Speech and language disturbances have been observed from the early stages of
Alzheimer's disease (AD), including mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and speech analysis …

Automated detection of progressive speech changes in early Alzheimer's disease

J Robin, M Xu, A Balagopalan… - Alzheimer's & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Speech and language changes occur in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but few studies have
characterized their longitudinal course. We analyzed open‐ended speech samples from a …

The role of silence in verbal fluency tasks–a new approach for the detection of mild cognitive impairment

R Balogh, N Imre, G Gosztolya, M Pákáski… - Journal of the …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Objective: Most recordings of verbal fluency tasks include substantial amounts of task-
irrelevant content that could provide clinically valuable information for the detection of mild …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of techniques for deriving clustering and switching scores from verbal fluency word lists

J Bushnell, D Svaldi, MR Ayers, S Gao… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective To compare techniques for computing clustering and switching scores in terms of
agreement, correlation, and empirical value as predictors of incident cognitive impairment …

Verbal fluency response times predict incident cognitive impairment

MR Ayers, J Bushnell, S Gao… - Alzheimer's & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction In recent decades, researchers have defined novel methods for scoring verbal
fluency tasks. In this work, we evaluate novel scores based on speed of word responses …

[HTML][HTML] Effects on language and verbal fluency of a cognitive stimulation program in older adults: randomized controlled trial

E Calatayud, AB Subiron-Valera, Y Marcén-Román… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The efficacy of cognitive stimulation programs for the elderly is sufficiently documented.
However, few studies have addressed the effectiveness of language stimulation programs …

[HTML][HTML] Remote self-administration of digital cognitive tests using the brief assessment of cognition: feasibility, reliability, and sensitivity to subjective cognitive decline

AS Atkins, MS Kraus, M Welch, Z Yuan… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cognitive impairment is a common and pervasive feature of etiologically diverse disorders of
the central nervous system, and a target indication for a growing number of symptomatic and …

[HTML][HTML] Consistency and applicability of different brief screen instrument of cognitive function in elderly population

L Lu, L Chen, W Wu, Y Wang, Z Liu, J Xu, Q Yang… - BMC neurology, 2021 - Springer
Background Screening for cognitive impairment (CI) is often hampered by lack of consensus
as to which screening instrument to use. The aim is to assess the consistence and …