First, a more comprehensive cognitive battery might have revealed different results.
The use of MMSE rather than more comprehensive cognitive testing was a limitation, although scores were normally distributed and no ceiling effect was observed.
Second, the TICS telephone interview provides an estimate of global cognitive function but is not intended to diagnose a specific disorder, which would require a more comprehensive cognitive assessment.
Although these effects were observed only in a laboratory context, they suggest the potential utility of developing and evaluating more comprehensive cognitive-training programs in this area (Treat et al., in press, under review).
Whereas personalized feedback could provide a source of initial motivation to reduce drinking, more comprehensive cognitive-behavioural strategies may be more effective for aiding in sustained behaviour change and relapse prevention.
The goal of this study was to integrate these two areas and provide a more comprehensive test of the cognitive model of depression.
Future studies are likely to lead to more comprehensive assessments if additional emotional, cognitive and behavioural outcomes are included in the assessment.
Two measures were used – the widely used MMSE, 13 a brief 30-item test; and the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale Cognition (ADAS Cog), 19 a more comprehensive and extensive measure of cognitive function than the MMSE, with good reliability and validity in dementia.
The purpose of this study was to examine whether the use of visual-spatial perception testing (as a component of existing screening tools for the early detection of cognitive impairment) is of value for the determination of cognitive impairment, as compared to the visual-spatial component of a more comprehensive computerized neurocognitive battery used for cognitive assessment.
In line with the data obtained from this study; the evaluation of each cognitive function with more comprehensive test batteries and supporting these evaluations with sensitive brain imaging studies are important topics for future research.
Here, we employed three different designs for ultimatum games, finding support for a more comprehensive theory: behavior is driven by cognitive factors implementing rules such as equal splitting, speaking up for the idea that equity works as a cognitive heuristic, applicable when the environment provides no reason to behave otherwise.
