Using a Cognitive Plasticity Measure to Detect Mild Cognitive Impairment
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Using a cognitive plasticity measure to detect mild cognitive impairment.
This study compared performance in two groups of older adults, one healthy and another with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), in order to determine whether or not they exhibit plasticity and to analyze whether or not plastic and non-plastic participants differed after a delay. To measure cognitive plasticity, the Spain-Complutense Verbal Learning Test (TAVEC) was applied to a total of 113 partic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0887-6177,1873-5843
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/act064