Loewenstein, D. A., Curiel, R. E., DeKosky, S., Bauer, R. M., Rosselli, M., Guinjoan, S. M., Adjouadi, M., Peñate, A., Barker, W. W., Goenaga, S., Golde, T., Greig-Custo, M. T., Hanson, K. S., Li, C., Lizarraga, G., Marsiske, M., & Duara, R. (2018). Utilizing semantic intrusions to identify amyloid positivity in mild cognitive impairment.
Neurology, 91(10), e976–e984. |
early AD (Amy+), SNAP (Amy-), or other neurologica l/psychiatric diagnosis (Amy-) |
Hispanic/Latino (>30%) |
Semantic intrusion errors on Cued B1 and Cued B2 |
Positive association with amyloid PET and MRI |
SIs on the LASSI-L related to PSI and frPSI uniquely differentiated Amy+ and Amy− participants with aMCI |
Capp, K. E., Curiel Cid, R. E., Crocco, E. A., Stripling, A., Kitaigorodsky, M., Sierra, L. A., Melo, J. G., & Loewenstein, D. A. (2020). Semantic Intrusion Error Ratio Distinguishes Between Cognitively Impaired and Cognitively Intact African American Older Adults.
Journal of Alzheimer’s disease: JAD, 73(2), 785–790. |
Cognitively Unimpaired and amnestic MCI |
Black/Afric an American older adults |
Percentage of Intrusion Errors (PIE) on Cued B1 |
None studied |
PIE on LASSI-L subscales susceptible to PSI differentiated aMCI from CN and adds to emerging evidence that the LASSI-L may be culturally appropriate for use in Black/African American groups. |
Curiel Cid, R. E., Loewenstein, D. A., Rosselli, M., Matias‐Guiu, J. A., Piña, D., Adjouadi, M., … & Duara, R. (2019). A cognitive stress test for prodromal Alzheimer’s disease: Multiethnic generalizability.
Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring, 11(1), 550–559. |
Cognitively Unimpaired and amnestic MCI |
Hispanic/Latino (>45%) |
Cued A2, Cued B1, Cued B2, Cued A3, delayed recall and semantic intrusion errors on all subtests |
Associated with cortical thinning of the entorhinal cortex and precuneus on MRI in those with aMCI |
Healthy controls obtained equivalent scores on all indices except retroactivesemantic interference. English-speaking and Spanish-speaking aMCI participants had equivalentscores except English speaker’s greater vulnerability to frPSI |
Crocco, E., Curiel-Cid, R. E., Kitaigorodsky, M., González-Jiménez, C. J., Zheng, D., Duara, R., & Loewenstein, D. A. (2020). A Brief Version of the LASSI-L Detects Prodromal Alzheimer’s Disease States.
Journal of Alzheimer’s disease: JAD, 78(2), 789–799. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-200790
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early-stage MCI, late-stage MCI to mild AD |
Hispanic/Latino (>50%) |
Cued A2, Cued B1 and semantic intrusion errors on Cued B1 |
Positive association with amyloid PET |
LASSI-L subscales taking approximately 6–8 minutes to administer, had excellent discriminative ability using established cut-offs among individuals with biomarker-confirmed prodromal AD. |
Kitaigorodsky, M., Crocco, E., Curiel-Cid, R. E., Leal, G., Zheng, D., Eustache, M. K., Greig-Custo, M. T., Barker, W., Duara, R., & Loewenstein, D. A. (2021). The relationship of semantic intrusions to different etiological subtypes of MCI and cognitively healthy older adults.
Alzheimer’s & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 13(1), e12192. https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12192
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Cognitively Normal: Amyloid Negative, MCI ‐ Non‐ Neurologic al: Amyloid Negative; MCI – Neurologic al: Amyloid Negative; MCI – SNAP: Amyloid Negative; MCI – AD: Amyloid Positive |
Hispanic/Latino (>50%) |
Cued B1, Cued B2, and semantic intrusion errors on these subtests |
Positive association with amyloid PET |
Semantic intrusion errors on the LASSI-L occur much less frequently in persons who have different types of non-AD-related MCI and may be used as an early cognitive marker of prodromal AD. |
Crocco, E. A., Curiel Cid, R., Kitaigorodsky, M., Grau, G. A., Garcia, J. M., Duara, R., Barker, W., Chirinos, C. L., Rodriguez, R., & Loewenstein, D. A. (2021). Intrusion Errors and Progression of Cognitive Deficits in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment and PreMCI States.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders, 50(2), 135–142. https://doi.org/10.1159/000512804
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116 older adults in the following groups: Stable Cognitively Unimpaired, amnestic MCI who progressed to dementia, PreMCI, PreMCI who Progressed to MCI or Reverted to CU |
Hispanic/Latino (>50%) |
Percentage of intrusion errors made in relation to total responses on Cued B1 |
None studied |
Percentage of Intrusion Errors (PIE) on LASSI-L subscales that measure PSI may be a useful predictor of clinical progression over time in at-risk older adults. |
Curiel Cid, R. E., Crocco, E. A., Kitaigorodsky, M., Beaufils, L., Peña, P. A., Grau, G., Visser, U., & Loewenstein, D. A. (2021). A Novel Computerized Cognitive Stress Test to Detect Mild Cognitive Impairment.
The journal of prevention of Alzheimer’s disease, 8(2), 135–141. https://doi.org/10.14283/jpad.2021.1
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Cognitively Unimpaired and amnestic MCI |
Hispanic/Latino (>50%) |
Cued A2, Cued B1, Cued B2 |
None studied |
The LASSI-BC, a brief computerized version of the LASSI-L is a valid and useful cognitive tool for the detection of aMCI among older adults. |