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4. VALLECAS PROJECT
Free And Cued Selective Reminding Test over, it must be highlighted that this task has been
(FCSRT) validated and rated on Spanish population over 60
years.
It is based on the assessment of learning ability and
verbal episodic memory. The test consists of the con- Clock drawing test
secutive presentation of 4 sheets with 4 words writ-
ten each (a total of 16 words) that the subject must It is an easily applicable screening test to evaluate
learn. both the visoconstructive ability as the semantic
component associated with the knowledge of the
To facilitate this task, the examiner provides a key for hour. The subject is asked to draw the face of a
each of the words that will be helpful later to recall clock, with all numbers in the correct place and with
more items. After a simple 20 seconds task interfe- the hands pointing to 11 and 10. The score of the
rence people are asked to remember as many drawing is based on criteria related to the quality of
words as possible spontaneously. After 90 seconds, the clock face, the presence and sequence of num-
clues to help the memory of those words that did not bers, as well as the presence and location of the
recalled by himself/herself will be provided. Then the hands. The maximum score corresponds to 10, con-
words he/she could not recall with the help of the sidering 6 as a cutoff for the diagnosis of cognitive
clue are reminded of and another interference task impairment.
is proposed. This procedure is performed three times,
so that there are three free recall tests and three fa- Reading test of intelligence
cilitated recall through the clues. After 30 minutes (TELEI)
the delayed free and with clues recall condition is
carried out. The indexes that are considered in this This test provides a measure of the level of pre-mor-
test are the total free recall, the total learning, free bid intelligence of the patient through a reading task
delayed recall and the overall delayed recall. The contained 60 words in the dictionary of the Royal
test has Spanish ratings. Spanish Academy. An important feature of this test
is that the items have a low frequency of use in our
Semantic lexical evocation country, those who should carry written accent do
not carry it and foreign words are also included bet-
The task consist in providing the highest number of ween them.
words beginning with a certain letter (P, M, and R)
or belonging to a specific category (animals, The subject's task is to read the words in the right
fruits/vegetables, and cookware) for one minute. way, for what is allowed to rectify if deemed appro-
Furthermore, in the case of phonological evocation priate. The test raw score is the number of words
the contribution of people names or words that read correctly.
share the same lexical root is not allowed. The num-
ber of responses that the subject provides in periods Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
of 15 seconds is recorded, as well as the total num- (WAIS)
ber of correct responses, intrusions and persevera-
tions in the minute-long test. This task allows the This is part of the WAIS scale for assessing intelli-
systematic assessment of both the language profi- gence. Natural numbers from 1 to 9, each of them
ciency as the semantic system of the subject. More- associated with a different symbol, are presented on
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