Fvp-P2

Introduction/Research Question The researchers are attempting to find if certain FVEP-P2 (electroencephalographic component of the flash visual evoked potential) procedures have enough diagnostic accuracy to determine who has amnesic mild cognitive impairment (MCIa), which has been shown to lead to Alzheimer’s dementia (AD), and who does not. This could change the way doctors discover MCIa and could lead to an increase in the potential for medicines or procedures that could prevent AD to be developed. Several researchers who have conducted studies on this same research premise are cited in this article, such as Bischkopf, Grundman, Petersen, and Levey. They stated in their own research that studying MCIa could boost the progress made in the AD field of research, but also that very few methods of detecting MCIa have been proven diagnostically accurate. The hypothesis of this particular study is that an accurate tool for diagnosing MCIa will be found in the FVEP-P2 procedures
Five of the thirteen participants were found to not have MCIa, using the MCIa clinical guidelines created by another researcher by the name of Albert, but how these five were distributed among the study is not stated. It can be assumed that those five were part of the eight in the control group, who did not have MCIa, but details about the other three in that group were not given.
Overall Assessment The article explained the researchers’ processes well, and the research itself was thorough and well done. It was relatively easy to read and practical in the way that it limited its words as much as possible while still being understandable. The research topic was interesting and surprising. Personally, I am glad there is still more research being conducted on the treatment, and in this case, if all goes well, prevention of