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Table 1 Summary of assessed cognitive functions and tests

From: The Memory Aid study: protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial evaluating the effect of computer-based working memory training in elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)

Function:

Tests:

General cognitive ability (IQ)

WAIS-IV

Auditory and visual WM

Digit Span, Spatial Span/Span Board and Letter-Number Sequencing, PASAT

Verbal and visual learning, immediate and delayed memory

WMS-III, CVLT-II

Attention and executive functions

D-KEFS subtests including: Trails 1 to 5, Color Word Interference, Tower, Verbal fluency, Design fluency. Supplemental test: Iowa Gambling Task