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Module introduction
Pre-module test
Module information
About the authors
Section 1: History
taking
History taking: points to consider
Patient interview
Informant interview
General history
Questions relating to specific cognitive domains
Section 1: Recap
Section 1:
Summary
Section 2: Assessment of memory
and orientation
Memory: Concepts, functional neuroanatomy, clinical presentation
and bedside testing
Figure 1 - Memory systems
Episodic memory
Table 1
Table 2
Checking retrograde verbal memory
Anterograde verbal memory
Semantic memory
Assessment of semantic memory
Working memory
Figure 2 - Baddeley's working memory model
Forward and backward digit spans
Orientation
Section 2: Recap 1
Section 2: Recap 2
Section 2:
Summary
Section 3: Assessment of
language
Language: Concepts, functional neuroanatomy and clinical
symptoms (I)
Concepts, functional neuroanatomy and clinical symptoms (II)
Symptoms of language problems
Bedside assessment of language
Fluency
Comprehension
Repetition
Naming
Reading
Writing
Section 3: Recap 1
Section 3: Recap 2
Section 3:
Summary
Section 4: Assessment of
visuospatial and visuoconstructive functions
Visuospatial functions: Concepts, functional neuroanatomy and
clinical symptoms
Symptoms of visuospatial dysfunction
Bedside assessment of visuospatial and visuoconstructive
functions
Section 4: Recap
Section 4:
Summary
Section 5: Assessment of
attention and executive function
Attention
Unilateral neglect
Table 3: Unilateral neglect phenomena
Bedside assessment of attention
Executive function
Models of executive function
Subcomponents of executive function
Bedside assessment of executive function
Verbal fluency
Cognitive estimation
Information (memory) retrieval
Abstract thinking and reasoning
Response inhibition
Motor sequencing and programming
Serial hand sequences
Alternating hand movements
Copy of alternating figure sequences and looped figures
Planning of complex constructions
Section 5: Recap 1
Section 5: Recap 2
Section 5:
Summary
Section 6: Assessment of
emotional function and social behaviour
Emotions and social behaviour: Concepts, functional neuroanatomy
and clinical symptoms
Emotional recognition
Empathy
Decision making
Bedside assessment of emotional function and social
behaviour
Theory of mind
Testing theory of mind
Section 6: Recap 1
Section 6: Recap 2
Section 6:
Summary
Section 7: Assessment of
praxis
Praxis: Concepts, functional neuroanatomy and clinical
symptoms
Limb apraxia
Other forms of apraxia
Bedside assessment of praxis
Ideomotor praxis
Ideational praxis
Orobuccal praxis
Section 7: Recap 1
Section 7: Recap 2
Section 7:
Summary
Section 8: Assessment of
calculation
Problems with calculation
Section 8: Recap
Section 8:
Summary
Section 9: General rating scales
of cognition for bedside use
Mini-Mental State Examination
Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination
Section 9: Recap
Section 9:
Summary
Module
summary
Module test
Take-home notes
References
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