Neuropsychological Tests

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Ventromedial frontal cortex mediates affective shifting in humans: evidence from a reversal learning paradigm.

How do the frontal lobes support behavioural flexibility? One key element is the ability to adjust responses when the reinforcement value of stimuli change. In monkeys, this ability--a form of affective shifting known as reversal learning--depends on ...
Lesley K Fellows, Martha J Farah (Brain, 200308)
ventromedial-frontal-cortex-mediates-affective-shifting-humans.asp

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Assessment of lifetime participation in cognitively stimulating activities.

Cognitively stimulating experience is thought to contribute to cognitive reserve. We constructed a questionnaire consisting of 25 items about frequency of participation in cognitive activities across the life span and administered it to two groups of ...
Robert Wilson, Lisa Barnes, David Bennett (J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 200308)
assessment-lifetime-participation-cognitively-stimulating-activities.asp

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Measures of short-term test-retest reliability of computerized neurobehavioral tests.

Neurobehavioral test batteries are often administered repeatedly to evaluate changes over time or effects of clinical interventions or neurotoxic exposures. Time intervals between test sessions range from very short (hours) to very long (decades). The ...
Fayssal M Farahat, Diane S Rohlman, Daniel Storzbach, Tammara Ammerman, W Kent Anger (Neurotoxicology, 200308)
measures-short-term-test-retest-reliability-computerized.asp

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Plasma cortisol and neuropeptide Y in female victims of intimate partner violence.

BACKGROUND: The experience of intimate partner violence (physical and sexual violence) has been linked to psychiatric disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder, yet data on the neuroendocrine profile in this population is sparse. This study sought ...
S Seedat, M B Stein, C M Kennedy, R L Hauger (Psychoneuroendocrinology, 200308)
plasma-cortisol-neuropeptide-y-female-victims-intimate-partner.asp

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Auditory discrimination in female adolescents varying in schizotypal features: preliminary findings.

Earlier experiments have suggested impaired auditory perception in patients with schizophrenia. The purpose of the present study was to investigate auditory discrimination in young adults varying in schizotypal features. Three hundred and forty-nine ...
Chiang-shan Ray Li, Yong-Yi Yang, Mon-Chu Chen, Wei J Chen, Jo-Lan Liu (Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, 200308)
auditory-discrimination-female-adolescents-varying-schizotypal.asp

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Comparison of cognitive performances during a placebo period and an atypical antipsychotic treatment period in schizophrenia: critical examination of confounds.

Although previous studies report cognitive improvement following atypical antipsychotic administration in schizophrenia (SC), few placebo-controlled within-subject studies with examination of confounds (symptom reduction, cooperation, learning, and ...
Thomas W Weickert, Terry E Goldberg, Stefano Marenco, Llewellyn B Bigelow, Michael F Egan, Daniel R Weinberger (Neuropsychopharmacology, 200308)
comparison-cognitive-performances-placebo-period-atypical.asp

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Lifetime antecedents of cognitive reserve.

We used path analysis on data from the British 1946 birth cohort to model lifetime antecedents of cognitive reserve, represented by the NART at 53 years, and compared this model for verbal memory and psychomotor function at this age, cognitive outcomes ...
Marcus Richards, Amanda Sacker (J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 200308)
lifetime-antecedents-cognitive-reserve.asp

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The rate of cognitive decline and risk of reaching clinical milestones in Alzheimer disease.

BACKGROUND: Previous studies revealed that cognitive test scores were related to functional outcome in Alzheimer disease (AD). However, the relationship between the rate of cognitive decline at the initial disease phase and the risk of reaching clinical ...
Roee Holtzer, Domonick J Wegesin, Steven M Albert, Karen Marder, Karen Bell, Marilyn Albert, Jason Brandt, Yaakov Stern (Arch Neurol, 200308)
rate-cognitive-decline-risk-reaching-clinical-milestones-alzheimer.asp

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Line bisection-based hemisphericity estimates of university students and professionals: evidence of sorting during higher education and career selection.

Recently, hemisphericity has been assessed by six intercorrelated methods. Here, one of these, the "Best Hand Test," a two-hand line bisection-based biophysical method relatively independent of language, culture, or education, was applied to the ...
Bruce E Morton (Brain Cogn, 200308)
line-bisection-based-hemisphericity-estimates-university-students.asp

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The impact of culture and education on non-verbal neuropsychological measurements: a critical review.

Clinical neuropsychology has frequently considered visuospatial and non-verbal tests to be culturally and educationally fair or at least fairer than verbal tests. This paper reviews the cross-cultural differences in performance on visuoperceptual and ...
Mónica Rosselli, Alfredo Ardila (Brain Cogn, 200308)
impact-culture-education-non-verbal-neuropsychological-measurements.asp