The MoCA test is a simple, in-office tool that can quickly determine if there is any impairment in a person's cognitive function, including their ability to understand, reason, and remember. The test ...

Neurologists hope this tongue-in-cheek study will spark serious conversations about AI's limitations and the benefits of a ...

Researchers and clinicians typically use MRI scans to track brain blood vessel changes linked to cognitive impairment and dementia. These scans detect “downstream” biological markers — signs that ...

Cognitive profiles for early diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) have been outlined in a new study, out today in ...

Is it dementia? A popular neurologist uses five simple tests of cognitive function to help gauge the health of a patient’s brain.

Until then, I did not know how common a test it was ... tool in early screening for cognitive impairment – especially dementia. You might expect it to be simple: drawing a clock that shows ...

The MoCA assesses cognitive impairment by asking patients to perform a variety of simple tasks ... cognitive impairment associated with early dementia. Every model outperformed the average ...

This groundbreaking finding, published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, suggests that ...

Test questions ask you to name images, categorize objects, and do simple math ... can reliably identify cognitive concerns that are sometimes a sign of early stage dementia.

Scientists from Boston University and other institutions have identified a blood biomarker that could help detect the ...

and Google's Gemini 1.0 and 1.5. When subjected to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a test designed to detect early signs of dementia, with a higher scoring indicating a superior ...