Neuropsychological Tests

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Age- or stage-appropriate? Recreation and the relevance of Piagets theory in dementia care.

In this study, the immediate effects (within 10 minutes) of age- and stage-appropriate activities and two control activities were observed in 56 dementia sufferers. Compared with the control activities, the two experimental treatment conditions elicited ...
Alison E J Mahoney (Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen, 200301-02)
age-or-stage-appropriate-recreation-relevance-piaget-s-theory.asp

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The neuropsychology of Down syndrome: evidence for hippocampal dysfunction.

This study tested prefrontal and hippocampal functions in a sample of 28 school-aged (M = 14.7 years, SD = 2.7) individuals with Down syndrome (DS) compared with 28 (M = 4.9 years, SD = .75) typically developing children individually matched on mental ...
Bruce F Pennington, Jennifer Moon, Jamie Edgin, Jennifer Stedron, Lynn Nadel (Child Dev, 200301-02)
neuropsychology-down-syndrome-evidence-hippocampal-dysfunction.asp

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Neurocognitive performance does not correlate with suicidality in schizophrenic and schizoaffective patients at risk for suicide.

BACKGROUND: Almost 50% of schizophrenic persons attempt suicide at some time in their lives and 9-13% of patients ultimately commit suicide. While numerous studies have elucidated the relationship between psychiatric symptomatology and neurocognition in ...
Steven G Potkin, Ravi Anand, Larry Alphs, Kirsten Fleming (Schizophr Res, 200301)
neurocognitive-performance-not-correlate-suicidality-schizophrenic.asp

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Frontal syndrome and disorders of executive functions.

The study of executive functions began with the early description of behavioural disorders induced by frontal damage. The development of experimental neuropsychology has led to the description of a large variety of cognitive disorders. Such approach has ...
Olivier Godefroy (J Neurol, 200301)
frontal-syndrome-disorders-executive-functions.asp

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Insight: its relationship with cognitive function, brain volume and symptoms in schizophrenia.

BACKGROUND: Lack of insight is frequently observed in schizophrenia. Relationships have been noted between poor insight, clinical symptoms and cognitive impairments but the findings are inconsistent. There have been some recent attempts to relate poor ...
S L Rossell, J Coakes, J Shapleske, P W R Woodruff, A S David (Psychol Med, 200301)
insight-relationship-cognitive-function-brain-volume-symptoms.asp

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ADHD and epilepsy in childhood.

Attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been associated with childhood epilepsy; prevalence figures have ranged from 8 to 77%, depending on the sample studied and the criteria used for diagnosis. In the general population the prevalence of ...
David W Dunn, Joan K Austin, Jaroslaw Harezlak, Walter T Ambrosius (Dev Med Child Neurol, 200301)
adhd-epilepsy-childhood.asp

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Double-blind controlled investigation of bilateral prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation for the treatment of resistant major depression.

BACKGROUND: The efficacy and safety of bilateral prefrontal repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for treating resistant major depression were examined in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. METHOD: Nineteen medication-resistant ...
C K Loo, P B Mitchell, V M Croker, G S Malhi, W Wen, S C Gandevia, P S Sachdev (Psychol Med, 200301)
double-blind-controlled-investigation-bilateral-prefrontal.asp

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Mild cognitive impairment: conceptual issues and structural and functional brain correlates.

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a prevalent condition among older adults that carries a high risk of progression to Alzheimers disease or other dementias. Given the potential for delaying or preventing the onset of dementia, efforts aimed at early ...
Andrew J Saykin, Heather A Wishart (Semin Clin Neuropsychiatry, 200301)
mild-cognitive-impairment-conceptual-issues-structural-functional.asp

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The relationship between P3 and neuropsychological function in an adult life span sample.

The relationship of P3 to age and neuropsychological performance was investigated in a sample of 71 well-functioning adults ranging in age from 21.8 to 94.7 years. ERPs were recorded while the participants performed an auditory two-stimuli oddball task ...
Kristine B Walhovd, Anders M Fjell (Biol Psychol, 200301)
relationship-p-neuropsychological-function-adult-life-span-sample.asp

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Cognitive effects of long-term benzodiazepine use in older adults.

This study examined the potential for cognitive morbidity associated with the long-term use of benzodiazepine (BZ) sedative-hypnotics in a sample of healthy older adults. Tests of memory, attention and processing speed were conducted prior to and 1 month ...
Mary Pat McAndrews, Rachel T Weiss, Paul Sandor, Ann Taylor, Peter L Carlen, Colin M Shapiro (Hum Psychopharmacol, 200301)
cognitive-effects-long-term-benzodiazepine-older-adults.asp