Basic Neuroscience of EEG
Basic Neuroscience of EEG L. John Greenfield Jr DISCOVERY OF CEREBRAL POTENTIALS AND DEVELOPMENT OF EEG Electricity in the Brain We take for granted that the brain is the source…
Tele-Neurobehavior and Computerized Cognitive Tests
The application of telemedicine extends to the administration of the mental status examination via telephone or videoconferencing and the use of computers for cognitive testing. “Tele-neurobehavior” is defined here as…
Overview of Neuropsychological Testing
The neuropsychological examination is the ultimate extension of the mental status examination (MSX). Neuropsychological testing involves the administration of standardized, validated, and reliable instruments to patients, usually under the supervision…
General Mental Status Scales, Rating Instruments, and Behavior Inventories
There are over 50 general mental status scales for assessing cognition, and a large number of inventories for behavioral assessment. This does not include the many available targeted mental status…
The Neurological Behavioral Examination
This chapter is about the neurological behavioral examination. It greatly overlaps with the psychiatric interview, which is valuable in its own right. The neurological behavioral examination targets neuropsychiatric changes potentially…
Overview of Scales and Inventories
This chapter discusses scales and inventories for mental status assessment. Scales are instruments for measuring or grading mental status attributes, and inventories are questionnaires for surveying or cataloging mental status…
Introduction
Heads___1 hd Mental status testing, or the evaluation of cognition in the clinic and at the bedside, is among the most useful examination techniques in a clinician’s tool bag. It…
Executive Operations and Abilities
Executive operations refer to cognitive processes that underlie goal-directed behavior, and executive attributes refer to decision-making abilities such as abstraction, judgment, and problem solving. They are what a chief executive…
Constructional, Perceptual, and Spatial Abilities
Constructional, perceptual, and spatial abilities are important, interrelated brain functions. This chapter discusses these abilities primarily in the visual modality; however, the principles and concepts apply to auditory and other…
Calculations and Related Functions
The ability to appreciate quantities, understand numbers, and calculate is a cognitive domain in its own right. This domain has a left inferior parietal hub involving the horizontal portion of…
