Bimanual Gesture Imitation Links to Cognition and Olfaction.

Qu TianNathalie ChastanMadhav ThambisettySusan M ResnickLuigi FerrucciStephanie A Studenski

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2019)

In persons without clinically detectable neurological conditions, poor bimanual gesture imitation is associated with other indicators of brain health, including olfaction and selected cognitive function domains. Bimanual gesture imitation may be useful clinically to detect subtle brain changes in apparently healthy older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:2581-2586, 2019.

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