Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
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- Ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke | - Subarachnoidal hemorrhage, traumatic hemorrhage, primary intraventricular hemorrhage and transient ischemic attack |
- MMSE score ≥ 15 (to ensure valid testing) | - Age younger than 40 years (to exclude atypical strokes) |
- Written informed consent | - Severe aphasia (as it interferes with performance on and understanding of the instructions of the neuropsychological tests) |
- Sufficient knowledge of the Dutch language | - Evidence for pre-stroke dementia (based on clinical diagnosis or IQ-CODE) in the 5Â years prior to the stroke |
 | - Other existing psychiatric and neurological diagnoses that are known to affect cognition (Parkinson’s disease, bipolar disorder, epilepsy, schizophrenia, or substance abuse)a |