TY - JOUR
T1 - The relation of neuropsychological test performance to performance of functional tasks in dementia of the Alzheimer type
AU - Baum, Carolyn
AU - Edwards, Dorothy
AU - Yonan, Cynthia
AU - Storandt, Martha
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by grants AG 0.568 1 and AG 0399 1 from the National Institute on Aging. The results were presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Los Angeles, August, 1994. Clinical assessments, including Clinical Dementia Ratings, were provided by the Clinical Core, John C. Morris, MD, Director. of the Washington University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Canonical analysis was used to relate a battery of neuropsychological tests to a set of functional tasks in a sample of 126 healthy older adults and individuals with a clinical diagnosis of dementia of the Alzheimer type. The functional tasks included activities that ranged from relatively simple motoric functions to much more cognitively demanding abilities. In general, functional behavior was substantially correlated with neuropsychological test performance. With the exception of well-routinized motor activities that probably represent procedural memory, both functional tasks and neuropsychological tests appear to assess the same global cognitive deterioration that characterizes Alzheimer's disease.
AB - Canonical analysis was used to relate a battery of neuropsychological tests to a set of functional tasks in a sample of 126 healthy older adults and individuals with a clinical diagnosis of dementia of the Alzheimer type. The functional tasks included activities that ranged from relatively simple motoric functions to much more cognitively demanding abilities. In general, functional behavior was substantially correlated with neuropsychological test performance. With the exception of well-routinized motor activities that probably represent procedural memory, both functional tasks and neuropsychological tests appear to assess the same global cognitive deterioration that characterizes Alzheimer's disease.
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U2 - 10.1016/0887-6177(95)00009-7
DO - 10.1016/0887-6177(95)00009-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0030066758
SN - 1873-5843
VL - 11
SP - 69
EP - 75
JO - Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
JF - Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
IS - 1
ER -