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[O2–16–04]: DETECTING SUBTLE COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT WITH THE DIGITAL MAZE COMPLETION TEST
Author(s) -
Penney Dana L.,
SouillardMandar William,
Mukusheva Dana,
Orlovsky Irina,
Rentz Dorene M.,
Jara Jordan,
Davis Randall
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.07.238
Subject(s) - cognitive impairment , audiology , psychology , dementia , cognition , medicine , neuroscience , disease
performance in the smooth pursuit task. This model validation allows descriptions of individual patients’ data, as compared to a healthy control, to be made with confidence. Identifying areas of their sequences that either conform to or deviate from a healthy performance can provide valuable insight into an individual’s basic oculo-motor function. Subject to further validation from more data, the classification procedure could form the basis of a noninvasive automatic diagnostic tool for dementia.