What are the best tools to measure cognitive performance?

When clinicians or researchers want to measure a person's cognitive abilities, they may use a variety of tests or questionnaires to test thinking skills, subjective complaints and non-cognitive symptoms. These tests are usually well-validated for use in most individuals, but may not accurately capture the difficulties experienced by adults with psychiatric disorders, or adults in older age groups.

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In the Neurocognitive Disorders Lab, we are currently investigating:

• How well ADHD questionnaires capture symptom presentation in older adults

• Which neuropsychological measures are most sensitive to detect early dementia in bipolar disorder

• Whether the source of normative comparison data impacts test result interpretation

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