Montreal Cognitive Assessment
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The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was designed as a rapid screening instrument for mild cognitive dysfunction. It assesses different cognitive domains: attention and concentration, executive functions, memory, language, visuoconstructional skills, conceptual thinking, calculations, and orientation. Time to administer the MoCA is approximately 10 minutes. The total possible score is 30 points; a score of 26 or above is considered normal. Participants with 12 years of education or less are awarded an extra point.
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Montreal Cognitive Assessment has been asserted to measure the following CONCEPTS
Phenotypes associated with Montreal Cognitive Assessment
Disorders
Alzheimer diseaseTraits
No associations have been added.Behaviors
No associations have been added.IMPLEMENTATIONS of Montreal Cognitive Assessment
This website is run by the authors of the MoCA and distributes scoresheets and instructions for the test.
CONDITIONS
Experimental conditions are the subsets of an experiment that define the relevant experimental manipulation.
CONTRASTS
In the Cognitive Atlas, we define a contrast as any function over experimental conditions. The simplest contrast is the indicator value for a specific condition; more complex contrasts include linear or nonlinear functions of the indicator across different experimental conditions.
INDICATORS
score (accuracy)
An indicator is a specific quantitative or qualitative variable that is recorded for analysis. These may include behavioral variables (such as response time, accuracy, or other measures of performance) or physiological variables (including genetics, psychophysiology, or brain imaging data).
Term BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: a brief screening tool for mild cognitive impairment.
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