7 tests for assessing cognition in early Alzheimer’s disease

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Insights Back to resource centre 27 April 2018 7 tests for assessing cognition in early Alzheimer’s disease With rising life-expectancy, the number of cases of dementia and related disorders is increasing. In attempts to tackle the pandemic, treatment trials are moving earlier in the disease process. CANTAB offers a battery of tests specially targeted at assessing cognition in early Alzheimer’s

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A solution for improving recruitment into early Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials

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Insights Back to resource centre 12 April 2018 A solution for improving recruitment into early Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials Screening patients into early stage Alzheimer’s trials can be costly and time-consuming. Kenton Zavitz, PhD, Director of Clinical Affairs proposes a potential solution for improving recruitment into clinical trials. Key pointsScreening patients into early Alzheimer’s trials can be costly and time-consuming.Screening

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The challenge of detecting early Alzheimer’s disease for clinical trials

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Insights Back to resource centre 9 April 2018 The challenge of detecting early Alzheimer’s disease for clinical trials In this post, Director of Clinical Affairs, Dr Kenton Zavitz, looks at the challenge of recruiting the correct patients into Alzheimer’s disease trials. Key PointsAlzheimer’s disease (AD) is a global healthcare and economic crisis.Despite hundreds of clinical trials of new AD treatments,

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Affective face processing in schizophrenia: disorder-specific or transdiagnostic deficit

Affective face processing in schizophrenia: disorder-specific or transdiagnostic deficit?

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Insights Back to resource centre 6 April 2018 Affective face processing in schizophrenia: disorder-specific or transdiagnostic deficit? Our recent review of meta-analyses concluded that facial emotion recognition deficits are common across a range of psychiatric, neurological and developmental disorders. Our Senior Scientist, Dr Jack Cotter, presented the latest findings at Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) conference. BackgroundSocial cognitive dysfunction is

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How to choose the right assessment of spatial planning for your study

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Insights Back to resource centre 26 March 2018 How to choose the right assessment of spatial planning for your study The Stockings of Cambridge (SOC) and One-Touch Stockings of Cambridge (OTS) tasks both assess the processes involved in spatial planning, but which is more appropriate for different participant groups? It all depends on the absence or presence of cognitive or

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Pen-and-paper vs. computerised testing: which method do older adults prefer?

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Insights Back to resource centre 20 February 2018 Pen-and-paper vs. computerised testing: which method do older adults prefer? Exciting new research shows not only that web-based cognitive assessments are suitable for older adults but, for many, computerised assessments are actually preferable to traditional pen-and-paper tasks. The National Seniors, Flinders Business School and University of Western Australia recently published a study entitled: Better

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Sensitivity and specificity of the Intra-Extra Dimensional Set-Shift task

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Insights Back to resource centre 19 February 2018 Sensitivity and specificity of the Intra-Extra Dimensional Set-Shift task Using the Intra-Extra Dimensional Set Shift task to distinguish within-and between-diagnostic categories. The Intra-Extra Dimensional Set Shift (IED) task assesses the processes involved in categorising stimuli into sets (visual discrimination of shapes vs. lines), and responding flexibly (shifting attention) to changes in stimuli. The IED

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Schizophrenia Trials: Overcoming Methodological Challenges to Enhance Study Success

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Webinars Back to resource centre 11 January 2023 Schizophrenia Trials: Overcoming Methodological Challenges to Enhance Study Success This webinar was arranged to discuss the major unmet therapeutic need in schizophrenia: cognitive impairment. Despite best efforts, no drugs that have been approved for the amelioration of cognitive deficits in schizophrenia: are ineffective compounds or trial designs to blame? Join Dr Kiri

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Decision-making under risk: from drugs to dopamine

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Insights Back to resource centre 21 December 2017 Decision-making under risk: from drugs to dopamine How can you tell if a decision was impulsive or risky? Using the Cambridge Gambling Task to unpick how different brain regions, different drugs and different dopamine levels impact on decision-making. The Cambridge Gambling Task (CGT) was designed to measure decision-making under risk. The term decision-making

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Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews | Social cognition: an important but overlooked aspect of cognitive function

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Publications & posters Back to resource centre 11 January 2023 Social cognition: an important but overlooked aspect of cognitive function Social cognitive deficits have traditionally been linked with autism spectrum conditions. However, a recent paper from Cambridge Cognition suggests that deficits in social cognition are exhibited across a range of neurological, psychiatric and developmental disorders.Our ability to understand the thoughts

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