AMiNDR: A Month in Neurodegenerative Disease Research

233 - Clinical Markers of Alzheimer's Disease Part 1: September 2021

Episode Summary

You may have come across a variety of exams used to test cognitive function and assess cognitive decline, such as the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination, the mini mental state exam, the clock drawing test, and many more. So how are we doing with these? And how well do they apply in special populations such as people with intellectual disability? Is there room for racial bias in how they are administered? And what translated tests were recently validated? These are topics addressed by papers published in September 2021 in the context of Alzheimer’s disease, presented in the first of this 2-part episode. Sections in this episode: Evaluating Existing Cognitive Tests (9:19) Evaluating Cognitive Tests in Specific Populations (37:19) Evaluating a Translation of an Existing Cognitive Test (45:14)

Episode Notes

You may have come across a variety of exams used to test cognitive function and assess cognitive decline, such as the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination, the mini mental state exam, the clock drawing test, and many more. So how are we doing with these? And how well do they apply in special populations such as people with intellectual disability? Is there room for racial bias in how they are administered? And what translated tests were recently validated? These are topics addressed by papers published in September 2021 in the context of Alzheimer’s disease, presented in the first of this 2-part episode.

Sections in this episode:

Evaluating Existing Cognitive Tests (9:19)

Evaluating Cognitive Tests in Specific Populations (37:19)

Evaluating a Translation of an Existing Cognitive Test (45:14)

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You can find the numbered bibliography for this episode by clicking here, or the link below:

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Our team of volunteers works tirelessly each month to bring you every episode of AMiNDR. This episode was scripted & hosted by Sarah Louadi, edited by Michelle Grover, and reviewed by Jacques Ferreira. The bibliography and the wordcloud were made by Sarah Louadi (www.wordart.com). 

Big thanks to the sorting team for taking on the enormous task of sorting all of the Alzheimer’s Disease papers into episodes each month. For September 2021, the sorters were Jacques Ferreira, Ellen Koch, Christy Yu, Sarah Louadi, Kate Van Pelt, Nicole Corso, Eden Dubchak, Kira Tosefsky, Dana Clausen, and Elyn Rowe.

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