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Section 1: History taking

(1.1) Section 1: History taking

(1.2) History taking: points to consider

(1.3) Patient interview

(1.4) Informant interview

(1.5) General history

(1.6) Questions relating to specific cognitive domains

(1.7) Section 1: Recap

(1.8) Section 1: Summary

 

Section 2: Assessment of memory and orientation

(2.1) Section 2: Assessment of memory and orientation

(2.2) Memory: Concepts, functional neuroanatomy, clinical presentation and bedside testing

(2.3)Figure 1 - Memory systems

(2.4) Episodic memory

(2.5) Table 1

(2.6) Table 2

(2.7) Checking retrograde verbal memory

(2.8) Anterograde verbal memory

(2.9) Semantic memory

(2.10) Assessment of semantic memory

(2.11) Working memory

(2.12) Figure 2 - Baddeley's working memory model

2.13) Forward and backward digit spans

(2.14) Orientation

(2.15) Section 2: Recap 1

(2.16) Section 2: Recap 2

(2.17) Section 2: Summary

 

Section 3: Assessment of language

(3.1) Section 3: Assessment of language

(3.2) Language: Concepts, functional neuroanatomy and clinical symptoms (I)

(3.3) Concepts, functional neuroanatomy and clinical symptoms (II)

(3.4) Symptoms of language problems

(3.5) Bedside assessment of language

(3.6) Fluency

(3.7) Comprehension

(3.8) Repetition

(3.9) Naming

(3.10) Reading

(3.11) Writing

(3.12) Section 3: Recap 1

(3.13) Section 3: Recap 2

(3.14) Section 3: Summary

 

Section 4: Assessment of visuospatial and visuoconstructive functions

(4.1) Section 4: Assessment of visuospatial and visuoconstructive functions

(4.2) Visuospatial functions: Concepts, functional neuroanatomy and clinical symptoms

(4.3) Symptoms of visuospatial dysfunction

(4.4) Bedside assessment of visuospatial and visuoconstructive functions

(4.5) Section 4: Recap

(4.6) Section 4: Summary

 

Section 5: Assessment of attention and executive function

(5.1) Section 5: Assessment of attention and executive function

(5.2) Attention

(5.3) Unilateral neglect

(5.4) Table 3: Unilateral neglect phenomena

(5.5) Bedside assessment of attention

(5.6) Executive function

(5.7) Models of executive function

(5.8) Subcomponents of executive function

(5.9) Bedside assessment of executive function

(5.10) Verbal fluency

(5.11) Cognitive estimation

Information (memory) retrieval

(5.12) Abstract thinking and reasoning

(5.13) Response inhibition

(5.14) Motor sequencing and programming

(5.15) Serial hand sequences

(5.16) Alternating hand movements

(5.17) Copy of alternating figure sequences and looped figures

(5.18) Planning of complex constructions

(5.19) Section 5: Recap 1

(5.20) Section 5: Recap 2

(5.21) Section 5: Summary

 

Section 6: Assessment of emotional function and social behaviour

(6.1) Section 6: Assessment of emotional function and social behaviour

(6.2) Emotions and social behaviour: Concepts, functional neuroanatomy and clinical symptoms

(6.3) Emotional recognition

(6.4) Empathy

(6.5) Decision making

(6.6) Bedside assessment of emotional function and social behaviour

(6.7) Theory of mind

(6.8) Testing theory of mind

(6.9) Section 6: Recap 1

(6.10) Section 6: Recap 2

(6.11) Section 6: Summary

 

Section 7: Assessment of praxis

(7.1) Section 7: Assessment of praxis

(7.2) Praxis: Concepts, functional neuroanatomy and clinical symptoms

(7.3) Limb apraxia

(7.4) Other forms of apraxia

(7.5) Bedside assessment of praxis

(7.6) Ideomotor praxis

(7.7) Ideational praxis

(7.8) Orobuccal praxis

(7.9) Section 7: Recap 1

(7.10) Section 7: Recap 2

(7.11) Section 7: Summary

 

Section 8: Assessment of calculation

(8.1) Section 8: Assessment of calculation

(8.2) Problems with calculation

(8.3) Section 8: Recap

(8.4) Section 8: Summary

 

Section 9: General rating scales of cognition for bedside use

(9.1) Section 9: General rating scales of cognition for bedside use

(9.2) Mini-Mental State Examination

(9.3) Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination

(9.4) Section 9: Recap

(9.5) Section 9: Summary

 

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