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. 2020 May 27;12:66. doi: 10.1186/s13195-020-00633-2

Table 1.

Cognitive assessments in the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center cohort studies

Cognitive assessment Domain ROS MAP MARS
Boston Naming Test (15 items) Language/semantic memory X X X
Category fluency—animals Language/semantic memory X X X
Category fluency—fruits/vegetables Language/semantic memory X X X
CERAD Word List Recall (Immediate) Episodic memory X X X
CERAD Word List Memory (Delayed Recall) Episodic memory X X X
CERAT Word List Recognition Episodic memory X X X
Complex Ideational Material Auditory comprehension X X X
Digit Ordering Working memory X X X
Digit Span—Forward Working memory X X X
Digit Span—Backward Working memory X X X
East Boston Naming Test, Immediate Recall (Memory I) Episodic memory X X X
East Boston Naming Test, Delayed Recall (Memory II) Episodic memory X X X
Judgment of Line Orientation Visuospatial X X X
Logical Memory Ia (Immediate) Episodic memory X X X
Logical Memory IIa (Delayed) Episodic memory X X X
Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)—Total General/global cognition X X X
MMSE—Orientation to Time Orientation X X X
MMSE—Orientation to Place Orientation X X X
MMSE—Registration Working memory X X X
MMSE—Attention and Concentration Attention and concentration X X X
MMSE—Recall Episodic Memory X X X
MMSE—Language Language X X X
National Adult Reading Test (10 items) General/global cognition X X
Number Comparison Test Perceptual speed X X X
Ravens Progressive Matrices (16 items) Visuospatial/working memory X X X
Ravens Progressive Matrices Subset (9 items from A and B) Visuospatial/working memory X X X
Symbol Digit Modalities Perceptual Speed X X X
Wide Range Achievement Test (15 items) General/global cognition

Abbreviations: ROS Religious Orders Study, MAP Memory and Aging Project, MARS Minority Aging Research Study (MARS)