The results showed that the people who had higher levels of infection had a 25 percent increase in the risk of a low score on a common test of cognition called the Mini-Mental State Examination.
The rationale for the creative-thinking questions is that they test the type of mental processes used in inventing a new product or developing a new business plan.
Department official Tony Murphy explained how the work capability assessment process was a "wide ranging" test consisting of 10 physical and seven mental, cognitive and intellectual descriptors.
The 150 or so athletes in USA Cycling's development pool must take an online test that tracks mental and motor functions, to establish a baseline score.
Based on her scores in February from a widely used psychological test called the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, Guyton's mental illness is in remission.