Cut-off scores in MMSE: a moving target?
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Cut-off scores in MMSE: a moving target?
BACKGROUND Cognitive tests are known to be influenced by language, culture and education. In addition, there may be an impact of 'epoch' in cognition, because there is secular increase in scores of IQ tests in children. If we assume this is a long lasting process, then it should persist later in life. METHODS To test this hypothesis, we compared the performance of two cohorts of individuals (...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Neurology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1351-5101
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02907.x