Mild Cognitive Impairment Diagnostic Tests
Cognitive Tests
Cognitive function is assessed in four cognitive categories, known as cognitive domains.3
These include:
- Executive functioning (e.g., reasoning, problem-solving, and planning)
- Language (e.g., comprehension, fluency, and semantic paraphasia [when an entire word is substituted for another word, such as saying “orange” instead of “apple” to refer to describe an apple])
- Visuospatial skills (movement, depth and distance perception, and spatial navigation – abilities needed for driving, for example)
- Attentional control (e.g., an individual’s ability to concentrate)
Brain Imaging
Blood Tests
References
2. About mild cognitive impairment. The Alzheimer’s Association website. https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/what-is-dementia/related_conditions/mild-cognitive-impairment.
3. Petersen RC, et al. Practice guideline update summary: mild cognitive impairment. Neurology. 2018;90:126-135. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004826.
4. Rosenberg PB, Lyketsos C. Mild cognitive impairment: searching for the prodome of Alzheimer’s disease. World Psychiatr. 2008;7(2):72-78. doi: 10.1002/j.2051-5545.2008.tb00159.x.
5. Palmqvist S, et al. Discriminative accuracy of plasma phosphor-tau 217 for Alzheimer disease vs other neurodegenerative disorders [published online ahead of print July 28, 2020]. JAMA. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.12134.