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• Handwriting and a reliable informant.
• Instrumental activities of daily The Vallecas Project neuropsycholo-
living gical examination protocol has been
designed to comprehensively assess
neuropsychological functioning of
4.3.5. Neuropsychological Exami- study participants, as well as their
nation progression during the longitudinal
The neuropsychological evaluation follow-up. Specifically, although the
allows to explore in a holistic way the neuropsychological battery focuses es-
various cognitive domains (gnosias, pecially on the evaluation of memory
attention, memory, language, praxis, processes, attention and executive
and executive functions), as well as a functions as potential early markers of
series of variables related to affectivity, Alzheimer's disease, the neuropsycho-
behavior, and level of autonomy in the logical profile is completed by getting
daily life of an individual. To do this, the information related to other cognitive
neuropsychologist can use different domains such as language, visuospa-
assessment instruments, including tial ability and visuoconstruction. All
clinical interviews, behavioral obser- these data allow identifying the stren-
vation, cognitive tests and different gths and weaknesses in the cognitive
questionnaires that allow for collecting profile and characterizing, if necessary,
information from both the individual the type of cognitive impairment that
an individual presents.
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