The role of limbic structures in financial abilities of mild cognitive impairment patients.

ABSTRACT: Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) patients experience problems in financial abilities that affect everyday functioning. To date, the neural correlates of decline in this domain are unclear. This study aims at examining the correlation between the pattern of brain atrophy of MCI patients and performance on financial abilities. Forty-four MCI patients and thirty-seven healthy controls underwent structural magnetic resonance imaging, and assessment of financial abilitiesby means of the Numerical Activities of Daily Living Financial battery (NADL-F). As compared to healthy controls, MCI patients showed impaired performance in three out of the seven domains assessed by NADL-F: Item purchase, percentage, and financial concepts. The patients' performance in the NADL-F correlated with memory, langua

SUBMITTER: Benavides-Varela S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7049652 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature