Neuropsychological Tests

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The Snodgrass and Vanderwart set revisited: norms for object manipulability and for pictorial ambiguity of objects, chimeric objects, and nonobjects.

In this paper, we propose a standardized set of 480 black-and-white line drawings, half meaningful and half meaningless. Meaningful pictures represent a common object, and were selected from the Snodgrass and Vanderwart set (1980). Meaningless pictures ...
M N Magnié, M Besson, M Poncet, C Dolisi (J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 200306)
snodgrass-vanderwart-set-revisited-norms-object-manipulability.asp

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Plasticity of memory for new learning in very old age: a story of major loss?

Longitudinal survivors of the Berlin Aging Study (N = 96, mean age = 84 years, range 75-101 years) were instructed and trained in a mnemonic skill to examine plasticity of episodic memory performance in very old age. Performance gains after mnemonic ...
Tania Singer, Ulman Lindenberger, Paul B Baltes (Psychol Aging, 200306)
plasticity-memory-new-learning-old-age-story-major-loss.asp

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The fate of cognition in very old age: six-year longitudinal findings in the Berlin Aging Study (BASE).

The authors report full-information longitudinal age gradients in 4 intellectual abilities on the basis of 6-year longitudinal changes in 132 individuals (mean age at T1 = 78.27, age range = 70-100) from the Berlin Aging Study. Relative to the ...
Tania Singer, Paul Verhaeghen, Paolo Ghisletta, Ulman Lindenberger, Paul B Baltes (Psychol Aging, 200306)
fate-cognition-old-age-six-year-longitudinal-findings-berlin-aging.asp

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Aging and vocabulary scores: a meta-analysis.

Vocabulary scores were examined in a total of 210 articles, containing 324 independent pairings of younger and older adults, from the 1986-2001 issues of Psychology and Aging. The average effect size, favoring the old, was 0.80 SD. Production tests ...
Paul Verhaeghen (Psychol Aging, 200306)
aging-vocabulary-scores-meta-analysis.asp

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Neurochemical and psychotropic effects of bupropion in healthy male subjects.

Bupropion is a weak inhibitor of noradrenaline (NE) and dopamine (DA) reuptake and has no direct action on serotonin (5-HT) neuronal elements. In the rat brain, bupropion suppresses NE neuron firing activity via the activation of alpha(2)-adrenoceptors ...
Gabriella Gobbi, Susan Slater, Nathalie Boucher, Guy Debonnel, Pierre Blier (J Clin Psychopharmacol, 200306)
neurochemical-psychotropic-effects-bupropion-healthy-male-subjects.asp

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A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, fixed-dose, multicenter study of pregabalin in patients with generalized anxiety disorder.

Pregabalin is a novel compound under development for the treatment of several types of anxiety disorders. To obtain an initial evaluation of the efficacy and safety of pregabalin in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), we conducted a ...
Douglas E Feltner, Jerri G Crockatt, Steven J Dubovsky, Cal K Cohn, Ram K Shrivastava, Steven D Targum, Maria Liu-Dumaw, Cathryn M Carter, Atul C Pande (J Clin Psychopharmacol, 200306)
randomized-double-blind-placebo-controlled-fixed-dose-multicenter.asp

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Developmental status among 3 to 5-year-old preschool children in three kindergartens in the Peitou District of Taipei City.

A descriptive correlational study that used the Denver Developmental Screening Test (DDST)-Chinese version (the testing items and norms were translated from DDST) was conducted to evaluate the child developmental status in three kindergartens in Peitou ...
Chwen-Jen Chen, I-Chuan Li, Li-Yin Chien (J Nurs Res, 200306)
developmental-status--year-old-preschool-children-three.asp

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A brief neuropsychological testing battery for evaluating patients with schizophrenia.

Current conceptualizations of schizophrenia include neurocognitive impairment, particularly in aspects of attention, memory, and executive functioning. Evaluation of these cognitive abilities typically involves use of comprehensive batteries which may ...
Robert M Savage, Warren T Jackson, Choun M Sourathathone (Community Ment Health J, 200306)
brief-neuropsychological-testing-battery-evaluating-patients.asp

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Marijuana alters the human cerebellar clock.

The effects of marijuana on brain perfusion and internal timing were assessed using [15O] water PET in occasional and chronic users. Twelve volunteers who smoked marijuana recreationally about once weekly, and 12 volunteers who smoked daily for a number ...
Daniel S OLeary, Robert I Block, Beth M Turner, Julie Koeppel, Vincent A Magnotta, Laura Boles Ponto, G Leonard Watkins, Richard D Hichwa, Nancy C Andreasen (Neuroreport, 200306)
marijuana-alters-human-cerebellar-clock.asp

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Central coherence and cognitive shifting in relation to social improvement in high-functioning young adults with autism.

The objective of this prospective study was to evaluate the possible role of two cognitive styles--weak central coherence and poor cognitive shifting--in predicting social improvement in patients with autistic disorder. Thirty patients, largely similar ...
Hans J C Berger, Francisca H T M Aerts, Karel P M van Spaendonck, Alexander R Cools, Jan-Pieter Teunisse (J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 200306)
central-coherence-cognitive-shifting-relation-social-improvement-high.asp