The Arrows and Colors Cognitive Test (ACCT): A new verbal-motor free cognitive measure for executive functions in ALS.

Barbara PolettiLaura CarelliAndrea FainiFederica SolcaPaolo MeriggiAnnalisa LafronzaLuciana CiringioneElisa PedroliNicola TicozziAndrea CiammolaPietro CipressoGiuseppe RivaVincenzo Silani

Published in: PloS one (2018)

The newly developed ET-based measure of cognitive flexibility could be a useful tool to detect slight frontal impairments in non-demented ALS patients by bypassing verbal-motor limitations through the oculomotor-driven administration. The findings reported in the present study represent the first contribution towards the development of a full verbal-motor free executive test for ALS patients.

Keyphrases

working memory
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ejection fraction
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patient reported outcomes
functional connectivity