What is "cognistat"

Cognistat, formerly known as the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination (NCSE), is a cognitive screening test that assesses five cognitive ability areas ( language, construction, memory, calculations and reasoning). The test was first presented in two articles that appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine in 1987 describing its design rationale and comparing it with the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in a population of neurosurgical patients.