Essays about: "cognitively healthy"

Found 4 essays containing the words cognitively healthy.

  1. 1. Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer's Disease: Associations with Beta Amyloid and Potential New Cutoff Points on Neuropsychiatric Assessment Scales

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : David Christopher Wimmer; [2023]
    Keywords : Alzheimer s disease; dementia; neuropsychiatric symptoms; apathy; cognitively healthy; cognitively impaired; ROC analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (NPS) have been shown to be associated with Alzheimer's disease ( AD). They negatively affect disease outcome and could play a future role in the detection of prospective AD cases. READ MORE

  3. 2. Gamified CoGNIT: cognitive assessment with added game elements : Gamification of medical examination

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Fredrik Carlsson; Sebastian Vusak; [2020]
    Keywords : gamification; idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus; CoGNIT; per-formance; user experience; spelifiering; idiopatisk normaltryckshydrocefalus; CoGNIT; prestanda; användarupplevelse;

    Abstract : Background. CoGNIT is a computerized test battery for cognitive assessment, used in diagnosing and treating patients with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (INPH). The disorder causes symptoms of dementia, among other things. Apart from other diseases with similar symptoms, like Alzheimer’s, INPH can be countered. READ MORE

  4. 3. Gait and Mild Cognitive Impairment : How spatiotemporal parameters and gait variability are affected in MCI

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Stephanie Gravett; [2017]
    Keywords : Gait; Mild cognitive impairment; Gait variability; Spatiotemporal parameters; Geriatrics; gång; lindrig kognitiv svikt; gångvariabilitet; spatio-temporala parametrar; geriatrik;

    Abstract : Tidigare forskning har funnit samband mellan gång och kognitiv funktion, men sambandet mellan lindrig kognitiv svikt (MCI) och gång är inte helt klarlagt. Syftet med den föreliggande examensuppsatsen var således att undersöka hur gångvariabler och gångvariabilitet är påverkat hos personer med MCI i relation till kognitivt friska individer. READ MORE

  5. 4. Implementation and evaluation of functional connectivity measures -­ a resting state fMRI study of cognitively impaired subjects

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sjukhusfysikerutbildningen

    Author : Hampus Ohlsson; [2014]
    Keywords : Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Resting State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (rs-fMRI) is often used to map brain networks or Resting State Networks (RSNs). The networks are estimated by calculating how similarly certain spatially distinct brain regions behave. These networks have been shown to dier in individuals with many dierent kinds of cognitive diseases. READ MORE