Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) manifests as memory impairment in the absence of
dementia and progresses to Alzheimer's disease (AD) at a rate of around 15% per annum …

Neuropsychological studies show that cognitive deficits associated with Alzheimer's disease
(AD) are distinct from age-associated cognitive decline. Quantitative and qualitative …

Abstract The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a cognitive screening instrument
developed to detect mild cognitive impairment (MCI). It is a simple 10 min paper and pencil …

Do humans search in memory using dynamic local-to-global search strategies similar to
those that animals use to forage between patches in space? If so, do their dynamic memory …

Importance Cognitive impairment is a common and disabling problem in Parkinson disease
(PD) that is not well understood and is difficult to treat. Identification of genetic variants that …

Abstract Introduction Trials in Alzheimer's disease are increasingly focusing on prevention in
asymptomatic individuals. We hypothesized that indicators of mild cognitive impairment …

The construct of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has been proposed to identify patients at
risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the pre-clinical stage. Although subjects with …

Semantic deficits in Alzheimer's disease have been widely documented, but little is known
about the integrity of semantic memory in the prodromal stage of the illness. The aims of the …

The main goal of this study was to produce adjusted normative data for the Portuguese
population on two verbal fluency measures: the semantic fluency test (animals category) and …

Verbal fluency tests are employed regularly during neuropsychological assessments of
older adults, and deficits are a common finding in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) …