Hi Amy,

There are a few tools out there that have been developed which may provide an estimate of cognitive reserve. Of course, given that cognitive reserve has a neurological basis, it is difficult to say that assessing proxy indicators of cognitive reserve (e.g. education, occupational complexity) actually measures the construct. 'Estimate' is likely a more suitable word in this context. Some of these tools are:

1. The 'Life of Experiences Questionnaire' (LEQ, Valenzuela & Sachdev, 2007)

2. The 'Cognitive Reserve Index questionnaire' (CRIq, Nucci, Mapelli, & Mondini, 2011)

3. The 'Cognitive Reserve Scale' (CRS, Leon, Garcia-Garcia, & Roldan-Tapia, 2014).

In addition, Barbara Colombo at Champlain College is currently in the process of validating a new test to assess cognitive reserve - you may like to contact her via Researchgate.

Perhaps obtaining copies of these tools from the authors and seeing which fits best with your project is a good way forward.

Best regards,

David.

Hi David,

Thank you so very much for your reply and helpful information! I will certainly follow each point up.

Very best wishes

Amy

Hi Amy,

Let me know if you would like more information about our tool. We are also validating it with clinical samples :)

And thanks David for referring to our research :)

Barbara

Hi Barbara,

I would really like to have more information if you don't mind, thank you. My email address is [email protected]

Very best wishes, and thank you again!

Amy