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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

 

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