Search Results - "Shahein, Ayman G."

The power of timing: Adding a time-to-completion cutoff to the Word Choice Test and Recognition Memory Test improves classification accuracy by Erdodi, Laszlo A., Tyson, Bradley T., Shahein, Ayman G., Lichtenstein, Jonathan D., Abeare, Christopher A., Pelletier, Chantalle L., Zuccato, Brandon G., Kucharski, Brittany, Roth, Robert M.

“…Introduction: The Recognition Memory Test (RMT) and Word Choice Test (WCT) are structurally similar, but psychometrically different. Previous research…”
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The doubtful benefits of giving the benefit of the doubt: Lenient scoring of the spatial orientation items on the mini-Mental Status Exam increases false negative rates by Erdodi, Laszlo A., Shahein, Ayman G., Kent, Katrina J., Roth, Robert M.

“…Lenient scoring of spatial orientation errors (SOE) on the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) is common practice, even though it deviates from standard protocol and…”
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Increasing the Cutoff on the MMSE and DRS-2 Improves Clinical Classification Accuracy in Highly Educated Older Adults by Erdődi, László A, Shahein, Ayman G, Fareez, Faiha, Rykulski, Nick, Sabelli, Alana G, Roth, Robert M

“…Cognitive reserve could mask the deleterious effects of neurodegenerative disorders in older adults with high premorbid functioning, resulting in false…”
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