The efficacy of the picture version of the free and cued selective reminding test to detect significant neurocognitive deficits in a Chilean population.

Unlabelled: The picture version of the Free and cued selective reminding test with immediate recall is a test adept at measuring the memory encoding and the effect of semantic cues. Furthermore, it is sensitive to detect early dementia stages. This study aimed to obtain psychometric properties of visual Buschke and Grober The Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT) in healthy older adults, mild neurocognitive disorders, and major neurocognitive subjects on a Chilean population.

Montreal Cognitive Assessment as Screening Measure for Mild and Major Neurocognitive Disorder in a Chilean Population.

Background: The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a sensitive screening instrument for mild neurocognitive disorder (mild NCD). However, cut-off scores and accuracy indices should be established using representative samples of the population. In this context, the aim of this study was to update the normative values, and diagnostic efficiency statistics of the MoCA to detect mild NCD in the Chilean population.

Spatial Navigation Is Distinctively Impaired in Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness.

To determine whether performance in a virtual spatial navigational task is poorer in persistent postural perceptual dizziness (PPPD) patients than in healthy volunteers and patients suffering other vestibular disorders. Subjects were asked to perform three virtual Morris water maze spatial navigational tasks: (i) with a visible target, (ii) then with an invisible target and a fixed starting position, and finally (iii) with an invisible target and random initial position. Data were analyzed using the cumulative search error (CSE) index.