The discriminant validity of Rey Complex Figure Test (RCFT) in subjective cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment (multiple domain) and Alzheimer's disease dementia (ADD; mild stage) in Greek older adults.

The goal of this study was to determine the discriminant potential of the Rey Complex Figure Test (RCFT) in older adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment multiple domain (mdMCI) and Alzheimer's Disease Dementia (ADD; mild subtype) as compared to older adults with Subjective Cognitive Decline (SCD). We administered RCFT in 608 older adults, dividing them in three groups (217 individuals with SCD; 304 mdMCI population; 106 people with mild ADD, aged 50-90years;  = 66.9,  = 8.

Rey Complex Figure Test (RCFT): Norms for the Greek older adult population.

Background: The Rey Complex Figure Test (RCFT) is an integral part of every neuropsychological assessment, measuring visuoconstructional abilities in research and clinical practice.

Aims: Our goal was to create norms for the Greek older adults over 50 years old since there is no previous relevant study in Greece.

Methods: The RCFT was administered to 228 cognitively intact individuals aged 50 to 87 years (M = 64.

Incorporation of a working memory strategy in GMT to facilitate serial-order behaviour in brain-injured patients.

Goal Management Training (GMT) is an effective method for improving disorganised behaviour in multistep real-life tasks after brain damage. In the present study we incorporated Working Memory Training (WMT) in GMT to explore their combined efficacy in facilitating the serial-order maintenance of the steps that had to be learned. GMT+WMT was compared to a control WMT designed for other purposes.

Validity of the Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX). Ratings by patients with brain injury and their therapists.

Objective: This study investigated the validity of the DEX-Questionnaire (both completed by patients, DEX-Self and by therapists, DEX-TH), included in the Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS), at identifying differences in the severity of dysexecutive symptoms according to lesion location. It also examined the strength of associations of the DEX-Self and the DEX-TH reports with the sub-tests of the BADS as well as two other real-life executive tasks, the Everyday Description Task and the Twenty Question Test.

Methods: This study compared 30 patients with anterior lesions (AL) to 22 patients with posterior lesions (PL).

Sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of the BADS to anterior executive dysfunction.

In this study we investigated the validity of the BADS subtests to adequately discriminate anterior lesions (AL) from posterior lesions (PL). Therefore, we compared the performances of 30 AL patients, 22 PL patients and 29 healthy controls (HC) on the BADS subtests. Seven standard executive test variables were also examined.