Digital pens provide new insight into cognitive testing results Date: July 6, 2021 Source: Boston University School of Medicine Summary: During neuropsychological assessments, participants ...

Uses and Administration of the Digit Symbol Test in Dementia Fact checked by Heather MercerMedically reviewed by Nicholas R. Metrus, MD The Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST) is an evaluation ...

This timed test requires participants to fill in numbered boxes with corresponding symbols from a given key and assesses both cognitive (attention and processing speed) and non-cognitive factors ...

Study data were drawn from a sample of 130,140 healthy volunteers aged 13 to 89 years who took an NCPT battery of eight assessments, including Arithmetic Reasoning, Digit Symbol Coding, Forward ...

A total of 2149 stroke-free participants ≥65 years old were graded for AMD and attended at least one cognitive test (2141 attended the verbal memory test; 2046 attended the digit-symbol coding ...

Scores on the Digit Symbol Substitution Test Some research has found that how people score on this test can be predictive of their chances of developing dementia within five and 10 years.