Could cognitive estimation ability be a measure of cognitive reserve?

D’Aniello, Guido Edoardo; Castelnuovo, Gianluca; Scarpina, Federica

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00608

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“…These findings are in line with previous research that suggests that the CET is a complex task that relies on several cognitive abilities in order to perform the task successfully (Shoqeirat, Mayes, MacDonald, Meudell, & Pickering, 1990;Liss, Fein, Bullard, & Robins, 2000;Brand, Kalbe, Fujiwara, Huber, & Markowitsch, 2003a;Brand, Fujiwara, Kalbe, Steingass, Kessler, & Markowitsch, 2003b;Gansler, Varvaris, Swenson, & Schretlen;MacPherson et al, 2014;D'Aniello et al, 2015b). Our findings also suggest that versions A and B of the CET involve different cognitive processes in order to perform the tasks successfully.…”

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“…The CET is widely used as a test of executive dysfunction with the generation of bizarre estimates thought to be associated with damage to processes associated with the frontal lobes of the brain (Shallice, & Evans, 1978;Smith, & Milner, 1984, 1988MacPherson, Wagner, Murphy, Bozzali, Cipolotti, & Shallice, 2014;D'Aniello, Scarpina, Albani, Castelnuovo, & Mauro, 2015a;D'Aniello, Castelnuovo, & Scarpina, 2015b).…”

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Cognitive Estimation in Non-demented Parkinson's Disease

Scarpina

Mauro

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Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

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Cognitive Estimation in Non-demented Parkinson's Disease

Scarpina

Mauro

D’Aniello

et al. 2017

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

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“…Moreover, the task was self-paced; it would be interesting to perform the tasks in different (self-paced vs external-paced) modalities, but it should be taken into account that the overall accuracy and stability of movements can be negatively influenced by attentional processing enhanced by the presence of external cueing in PD (Almeida et al., 2005). Finally, the possible effect related to lateralization of symptoms, meaning which body part side was the most affected by disease, in relation to the dominance handedness, as well as the role of cognitive difficulties in PD (Litvan et al., 2011) and specifically in cognitive estimation (D’Aniello et al., 2015a,b; Scarpina et al., 2017) should be considered. Future research needs to overcome these limitations, where possible.…”

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Defective Tool Embodiment in Body Representation of Individuals Affected by Parkinson’s Disease: A Preliminary Study

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When efficiently used for action, tools become part of the body, with effect on the spatial-temporal movement parameters and body size perception. Until now, no previous investigation has been reported about tool embodiment in Parkinson’s disease (PD), which is a neurological disease characterized by several sensory and motor symptoms affecting body and action. We enrolled 14 individuals affected by PD and 18 healthy individuals as controls. We studied the spatial-temporal parameters on self-paced free pointing movement task, via an optoelectronic system, before and after a short training in which a 27-cm long rod was used to point toward a far target. Moreover, we investigated changes in estimation of arm length through the Tactile Estimation Task. After the tool-use training, controls showed changes in spatial-temporal parameters: they were slower to perform movements and reported a higher value of deceleration than the baseline. However, such a difference did not emerge in the PD individuals. In the Tactile Discrimination Task, no difference emerged before and after the tool-use training in both groups. Our results were suggestive of possible difficulties of the tool embodiment process in PD. We discussed our results in relation to aberrant multisensory integration as well as in terms of the effect of PD sensory and motor symptoms on body schema plasticity. The present study points at a novel way to conceive PD sensory motor signs and symptoms in terms of their effect on individuals’ body representation.

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“…Cognitive reserve is the amount of cognitive loss that can be sustained in brain injury before reaching a threshold where a demonstrable cognitive impairment becomes evident. Indeed education features in D'Aniello et al [ 59 ] model of estimation and cognitive reserve, and education has also been demonstrated to increase the likelihood of attainment of specific rehabilitation goals related to adjustment and community participation in patients with ABI undergoing rehabilitation [ 60 ]. D'Aniello et al suggest that education may function to preserve crystallised semantic and factual knowledge (general fund of knowledge); this crystallised knowledge has been hypothesised as a cognitive protective factor in older individuals.…”

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Assessing Cognitive Estimation and Its Effects on Community Integration in People with Acquired Brain Injury Undergoing Rehabilitation

Fortune

Richards

2017

BioMed Research International

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The purpose of the present study was to examine the convergent and divergent validity of the Biber Cognitive Estimation Test (BCET) in individuals with ABI undergoing postacute rehabilitation and to assess the measure's ability to account for unique variance in community integration following rehabilitation. Participants with ABI referred for postacute rehabilitation (N = 201) were assessed on the BCET and a number of other neuropsychological tests that have been demonstrated to rely on aspects of executive processing (Trail-Making Test, Modified Six Elements Test, and verbal fluency measures) and the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS). Internal consistency of the total BCET was good; however, interpretable solutions for existing subscales were not discerned. The BCET total score demonstrated positive associations with tests of executive functioning; however, it was also significantly associated with more general aspects of neuropsychological functioning suggesting that it does not solely assess executive processes in ABI patients undergoing rehabilitation. Hierarchical multiple regression suggested that the BCET accounted for significant additional variance in community integration after severity of disability, executive functioning, and more general aspects of neuropsychological status were statistically controlled. While the subscale structure of the BCET may be somewhat inconsistent, the total scale score accounts for some unique variance in pragmatic rehabilitation outcome and may be a useful tool in postacute rehabilitation assessment protocols.

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Could cognitive estimation ability be a measure of cognitive reserve?

Cited by 10 publications

References 26 publications

Cognitive Estimation in Non-demented Parkinson's Disease

Cognitive Estimation in Non-demented Parkinson's Disease

Defective Tool Embodiment in Body Representation of Individuals Affected by Parkinson’s Disease: A Preliminary Study

Assessing Cognitive Estimation and Its Effects on Community Integration in People with Acquired Brain Injury Undergoing Rehabilitation

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