Tele-Neurobehavior and Computerized Cognitive Tests

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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…

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Overview of Neuropsychological Testing

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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…

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The Neurological Behavioral Examination

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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…

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Overview of Scales and Inventories

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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…

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Executive Operations and Abilities

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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…

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Introduction

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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…

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Constructional, Perceptual, and Spatial Abilities

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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…

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Calculations and Related Functions

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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…

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Praxis and Related Cortical Movement Abnormalities

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Clinicians have applied the term “praxis,” and its disorder, “apraxia,” to a wide number of conditions involving impaired motor performance. A strict and specific use of the term “apraxia” (or…

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