An integrated cognitive assessment known as ''CognICA'' is a five-minute cognitive test that uses an application deliverable to an

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. CognICA was developed by ''Cognetivity Neurosciences'' and in 2021 was given

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for its commercial use as a

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. CognICA had earlier been approved for use in the UK. CognICA is highly sensitive to the early stages of

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