The association between level of educational attainment and cognitive performance is well
studied. People with higher education perform better across a broad range of cognitive …

Cognitive deficits in schizophrenia are among the core symptoms of the disease, correlate
with functional outcome, and are not well treated with current antipsychotic therapies. In …

We measured digit span (DS) in two experiments that used computerized presentation of
randomized auditory digits with performance-adapted list length adjustment. A new mean …

The Corsi Block-Tapping Task measures visuospatial short-term and working memory, but a
standardized backward condition is lacking. The authors present a standardized backward …

Background Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is known as a transitional stage or phase
between normal aging and dementia. In addition, it is associated with an increased risk of …

Traditional accounts of verbal short-term memory explain differences in performance for
different types of verbal material by reference to inherent characteristics of the verbal items …

According to theoretical accounts, both, N-back and complex span tasks mainly require
working memory (WM) processing. In contrast, simple span tasks conceptually mainly …

Prior studies have focused on patterns of brain atrophy with aging and age-associated
cognitive decline. It is possible that changes in neural tissue properties could provide an …

As part of the Spanish Multicenter Normative Studies (NEURONORMA project), we provide
age-and education-adjusted norms for the following instruments: verbal span (digits) …

BACKGROUND: Postoperative delirium in the elderly, measured days after surgery, is
associated with significant negative clinical outcomes. In this study, we evaluated the …