Table 1.
Test | Explored function |
---|---|
MMSE | Global cognitive status |
FAB | Frontal efficiency |
FCSRT | |
FCSRT immediate free recall | |
FCSRT immediate total recall | “Hippocampal” episodic memory |
FCSRT delayed free recall | |
FCSRT delayed total recall | |
FCSRT index of sensitivity of cueing | |
MDB | |
Rey’s 15 word immediate recall | Short and long-term verbal |
Rey’s 15 word delayed recall | episodic memory |
Word fluency | Ability to access lexical-semantic memory store |
Phrase construction | Language |
Raven’s 47 progressive matrices | Conceptual reasoning |
Immediate visual memory | Short-term visuoperceptual recognition memory |
Freehand copying of drawings | Constructive praxia |
Copying drawings with landmarks | |
BDI | Depression |
MMSE, Mini Mental State Examination (Measso et al., 1993); FAB, Frontal Assessment Battery (Iavarone et al., 2004); FCSRT, Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (Frasson et al., 2011); MDB, Mental Deterioration Battery (Carlesimo et al., 1996); BDI, Beck Depression Inventory (Sica and Ghisi, 2007).