Abstract: Status-oriented psychological tests have demonstrated their usefulness in diagnosing dementia in clinical groups of patients. For the early recognition of dementia the determination of cognitive performance status only is not sufficient. These ...
Summary: The aim of this study was to examine the ability of the computerized Adaptive Figure Series Learning Test (ADAFI) to differentiate among old subjects at risk for dementia and old healthy controls. Several studies on the subject of measuring the ...
Throughout history, formal education has been “age-based,” in the sense that primary, secondary, further, and higher education have been planned and implemented with the main objective of preparing citizens for working life. However, gerontological ...
Cognitive plasticity, learning potential, and rehabilitation potential are new constructs, which are understood as expressions of neural plasticity. They are assessed through dynamic assessment (or testing-the-limits), using experimental test-training-...
Europe is the oldest continent in the world; in the year 2000, about 17% of Europeans (EU-15) were older than 65, and projections say that in the year 2025 one-fourth of the European population will have reached this age. Nevertheless, the threat to the ...