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The 4 Mountains Test: A Short Test of Spatial Memory with High Sensitivity for the Diagnosis of Pre-dementia Alzheimer’s Disease
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The 4 Mountains Test: A Short Test of Spatial Memory with High Sensitivity for the Diagnosis of Pre-dementia Alzheimer’s Disease
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06:23 min

October 13, 2016

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  • 00:05Title
  • 01:27The 4 Mountains Test (4MT): Paper Version
  • 03:39The 4 Mountains Test (4MT): App Version
  • 04:26Results: 4MT is Sensitive to Pre-dementia Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) in Patients Exhibiting Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
  • 05:12Conclusion

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This article describes the 4 Mountains Test (4MT), a hippocampus-dependent test of working allocentric spatial memory. The hippocampus is affected early in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and this article outlines the 4MT methodology and results of patient testing, which demonstrates the value of the 4MT in the diagnosis of pre-dementia AD.

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