The contributions of cognition and motor functioning to everyday task

 
   Lead Investigator:    Clarissa Giebel
   Institution      :    University of East Anglia
   E-Mail           :    Clarissa.Giebel@liverpool.ac.uk
   Proposal ID      :    863



   Proposal Description:
   1) Research has shown strong links between everyday functioning and cognition     in neurodegeneration. However, studies to date primarily focus on the             contribution of global cognition scores (e.g. MMSE)  or very specific cognitive   abilities (e.g. executive functioning), while potentially failing to include      neuropsychiatric symptoms and motor deficits. The aim of this study is to         investigate the specific contributions of such three key areas (cognition,        behaviour and motor) to functional disability in different dementias. The         expected outcome of this data analysis is to produce a paper for a high-rank      international journal in psychiatry and neurology.                                2) To explore the contributions of cognition and motor function to everyday       functioning in dementias to compare the contributions of cognition and motor      function across dementias