Answers are grounded in this paper and cite their sources.
A brief (ten-minute), easily administered battery of four psychological tests was developed to classify successfully 98% of patients with mild dementia of the Alzheimer's type and healthy older persons matched for age, sex, and social position. Only two of 84 persons (one demented, one healthy) were misclassified. The four tests are the logical memory and mental control subtests of the Wechsler Memory Scale, Form A of the Trailmaking Test, and word fluency for letters S and P.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Storandt et al. (1984) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 10 related papers. Consider them for comparative context: