Table 5.

Minimum protocol proposed by Consensus for assessing specific cognitive areas for diagnosis of dementia of the Alzheimer type.

Cognitive domains	Brief assessment (30 minutes or less)	Expanded assessment (approx. 1 hour)
Memory	10 figures from BCSB 10 words from CERAD	RAVLT Logical Memory (WMS-III) CERAD Figure Recall Rey's Complex Figure
Attention and Executive functions	Forward and Backward Digit Span Verbal Fluency Animals CDT	Similarities (WAIS-III) FAS  Wisconsin Card Sorting Test Trail-making A and B
Language	Boston Naming	Boston Battery Arizona Battery
Visuoperceptual and visuoconstruction	CDT	Reasoning Matrix (WAIS-III) Figure Copying from CERAD Rey's Complex Figure