Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki

• Resumo

  The demographic changes in Brazil produces an aging population in which, not infrequently, additional limitations arising from low schooling overlap. The combination of these factors can influence different problems throughout an individual's life, making him less functional, being cognitive complaints one of these limitations. Today, it is necessary to understand the real meaning of thes…

  Comparison of the effects of cognitive reserve on white matter, cortical morphometric and metabolic measurements; in subjective cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment and normal subjects; separated between high and low schooling, AP.R

• Resumo

  Corticobasal syndrome (CBS) is an atypical parkinsonian syndrome of great interest to movement disorders specialists and behavioral neurologists. Although originally considered a primary motor disorder, it is now also recognized as a cognitive disorder, usually presenting cognitive deficits before the onset of motor symptoms. The term CBS denotes the clinical phenotype and is associated w…

  Corticobasal syndrome: clinical and physiopathological correlates, AP.R

• Resumo

  Topographical orientation is a cognitive domain usually impaired in early manifestations of Alzheimer's Disease. Some studies have suggested that topographical disorientation can also be found in Mild cognitive impairment patients and is predictive symptom of progression to Alzheimer's Disease, which makes its assessment of high importance. Lack of standard neuropsychological tests for to…

  Topographical orientation assessment in a virtual reality environment in patients with mild cognitive impairment, AP.ESCIENCE.R

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• Abstract

  Judgment is the capacity of making decisions after consideration about available information, contextual factors, possible solutions and probable outcomes. Some studies showed that Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and dementia patients have impairment in judgment. There is a lack of specific methods to measure judgment capacity, and data about judgment abilities in older adults with MCI a…

  Test of practical judgment (TOP-J): Brazilian adaptation in a sample of cognitively healthy individuals with mild cognitive impairment and dementia, BP.MS
• The use of S-TOFHLA in patients with mild cognitive impairment and mild Alzheimer's Disease as a functional literacy assessment, BP.MS
• Assessment of visuospatial function in early Alzheimer's disease, BP.MS

(Only some records are available in English at this moment)