✨️ Comorbid conditions in older adults can attenuate the outcomes of internal memory strategy exercises, with the degree and nature of impact varying by the type and number of comorbidities. Multimorbidity, especially combinations involving depression, cardiovascular disease,…
✨️ Older adults, particularly those with subjective memory complaints, healthy aging individuals, and patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), benefit most from internal memory strategy exercises, but age-related considerations are crucial for effectiveness.
The…
✨️ Older adults with subjective memory complaints, patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), and individuals with mild memory impairment following acquired brain injury benefit most from internal memory strategy exercises for teaching internal memory strategies.…
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These approaches involve organizing information into meaningful categories, forming visual associations, and using spatial or…
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For patients with severe executive dysfunction, particularly when evaluating functional cognition and instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), the most recommended alternative functional cognitive assessments are performance-based tools that directly observe the execution…
The patient populations that benefit most from the Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA) as a functional cognitive assessment are those with acquired brain injury (ABI), stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson disease, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism…
The Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA) is a performance-based functional cognitive assessment that is distinguished by its ecological validity, sensitivity to executive dysfunction, and ability to capture real-world cognitive deficits across a range of populations,…
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In your brain, 86 billion neurons chitchat with one another in complex networks. Neurons can carry meaning in binary code — whether they fire or not — and also in analog, in a symphony of signals with variable patterns, strengths and frequencies. quantamagazine.org/ai-is-nothing-…
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