Table 3.
Cognitive area assessed, relative neuropsychological tests.
| Cognitive Area | Cognitive Measures | No. of Studies |
|---|---|---|
| Global Cognition (or composite score cognitive test) | MMSE | 20 |
| MoCA | 3 | |
| AVLT | 2 | |
| CASI | 2 | |
| ADAS-Cog | 1 | |
| CCTS | 1 | |
| Memory | AVLT | 2 |
| Digit Span | 2 | |
| WMS | 2 | |
| Corsi block-tapping test | 1 | |
| Cued autobiographical recall | 1 | |
| FMT | 1 | |
| FOME | 1 | |
| RBMT | 1 | |
| SASMET | 1 | |
| Story and word memory | 1 | |
| Attention (Speed processing) |
TMT-A | 7 |
| Attentional matrices | 1 | |
| DSST | 1 | |
| YKSST | 1 | |
| Executive Functions | FAB | 5 |
| CDT | 3 | |
| Digit Span Backward | 2 | |
| TMT-B | 2 | |
| Reasoning | WAIS | 3 |
| RCPM | 1 | |
| Language | VFT | 4 |
| BNT | 2 | |
| EFCL | 1 | |
| Phonological and semantic fluency | 1 | |
| WAB | 1 | |
| Neuroimaging techniques | fMRI (cerebral activity, immunosenescence) | 2 |
| CBF with NIRS | 1 |
MMSE = Mini-Mental State Evaluation test; VFT = Verbal Fluency Test; TMT-A/B = Trail Making Test; CDT = Clock Design Test; ADAS-Cog = Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale—Cognitive; FOME = Fuld’s Object Memory Evaluation; CCTS = composite cognitive test score; MRI/fMRI = (functional) magnetic resonance imaging; EFCL = Language Cognitive Functions Assessment; DSST = Digit Symbol Substitution test; MOCA-K = Montreal Cognitive Assessment (Korean); CASI = Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument; AVLT = Auditory Verbal Learning Test; WAIS = Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale; FMT = Figure Memory Test; SASMET = Musical Autobiographical test; YKSST = Yamaguchi Kanji Symbol Substitution Test; FAB = Frontal Assessment Battery; WMS = Wechsler Memory Scale III; BNT = Boston Naming Test; WAB = Western Aphasia Battery; RCPM = Raven’s Colored Progressive Matrices; RBMT = Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test; CBF = cerebral blood flow; NIRS = functional near-infrared spectroscope.