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The Japanese journal of neuropsychology

[Vol.31 No.2 contents]
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ArticleTitle E is for examination: an introduction to neuropsychological examination
Language J
AuthorList Toru Imamura
Affiliation Division of Speech, Hearing and Cognitive Sciences, Graduate School of Health and Welfare, Niigata University of Health and Welfare
Publication Japanese Journal of Neuropsychology: 31 (2), 108-115, 2015
Received
Accepted
Abstract The title of the paper underlines the fact that E of MMSE represents examination. MMSE is the global standard of bedside mental state, or cognitive, examination. Therefore, clinicians should administer MMSE by themselves. A score of MMSE administered according to the standardized manual has, in itself, little clinical significance, except the manual is designated in a clinical trial. Each clinician should establish his or her own MMSE after various modification, in the same way as many clinical skills are established after taking in the techniques of his or her supervisors. In this paper, I introduce my optional tasks for MMSE to evaluate disturbances of attention and recent memory, and present the studies for validities of the tasks.
Keywords MMSE, examination, additional tasks, attention disturbance, recent memory disturbance

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