Assessment of Processing Speed and Executive Functions performance when discriminating between Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia States

Abstract

The progressive ageing of population, especially relevant in the last years, will keep going on and the number of elderly will become very considerable in the next decades. This situation makes necessary the approach and the design of methods to assess early cognitive impairment (Bruna, 2006).Actually there exists an increasing demand in relation to the neuropsychological explorations in the beginning stages of cognitive impairment due to the highest sensitization of general population to the cognitive and behavioral changes related to ageing such as mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementias. Identify the initial cognitive changes in very mild cognitive impairment can allow implementing precociously more effective programs of intervention, as for memory, prevention and treatment, that may allow a better evolution of the patient as well as also improve his quality of life (Kurz, Pohl, Ramsenthaler, & Sorg, 2009).

Pòster presentat al INS Mid-Year Meeting 2009​ - del 29 de Juliol a l'1 d'Agost a Helsinki (Finlàndia) i Tallin (Estònia).