Neuropsychological Tests

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Methods of assessing neurobehavioral development in children exposed to methyl parathion in Mississippi and Ohio.

Methyl parathion (MP), an organophosphate pesticide, was sprayed illegally for pest control in U.S. residences and businesses in Mississippi and Ohio. To evaluate the association between MP exposure and neurobehavioral development, children 6 years of ...
Perri Zeitz, Kirsten Kakolewski, Rubina Imtiaz, Wendy Kaye (Environ Health Perspect, 200212)
methods-assessing-neurobehavioral-development-children-exposed-methyl.asp

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Seeing happy emotion in fearful and angry faces: qualitative analysis of facial expression recognition in a bilateral amygdala-damaged patient.

Neuropsychological studies reported that bilateral amygdala-damaged patients had impaired recognition of facial expressions of fear. However, the specificity of this impairment remains unclear. To address this issue, we carried out two experiments ...
Wataru Sato, Yasutaka Kubota, Takashi Okada, Toshiya Murai, Sakiko Yoshikawa, Akira Sengoku (Cortex, 200212)
seeing-happy-emotion-fearful-angry-faces-qualitative-analysis-facial.asp

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On the impact of different number representations in the number bisection task.

The number bisection task--in which the numerical middle of two other numbers has to be determined (e.g., 6 is the numerical middle of 4 and 8)--has recently been used in neuropsychological case studies in addition to the number comparison task to assess ...
Hans-Christoph Nuerk, Barbara E Geppert, Marieke van Herten, Klaus Willmes (Cortex, 200212)
impact-different-number-representations-number-bisection-task.asp

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The effects of single-dose lorazepam on memory and behavioural learning.

To assess the influence of lorazepam on memory and behavioural learning, a non-clinical sample of undergraduate psychology students (n = 24), received lorazepam (2.5 mg) or placebo orally. Pre-drug and post-drug neuropsychological assessment comprised ...
Allison Matthews, Kenneth C Kirkby, Frances Martin (J Psychopharmacol, 200212)
effects-single-dose-lorazepam-memory-behavioural-learning.asp

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Neurotoxic effects of aluminium among foundry workers and Alzheimers disease.

BACKGROUND: In a cross-sectional case-control study conducted in northern Italy, 64 former aluminium dust-exposed workers were compared with 32 unexposed controls from other companies matched for age, professional training, economic status, educational ...
Salvatore Polizzi, Enrico Pira, Mauro Ferrara, Massimiliano Bugiani, Andrea Papaleo, Roberto Albera, Silvana Palmi (Neurotoxicology, 200212)
neurotoxic-effects-aluminium-foundry-workers-alzheimer-s-disease.asp

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Factor structure of the Mini-Mental State Examination in adult psychiatric inpatients.

The factor structure of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) has been examined primarily in geriatric populations using differing methodology and yielding inconsistent results. This study examined the MMSE in 339 adult inpatients at a nonforensic ...
James H Baños, Lucy M Franklin (Psychol Assess, 200212)
factor-structure-mini-mental-state-examination-adult-psychiatric.asp

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The influence of cognitive impairment and psychiatric symptoms on daily functioning in nursing facilities: a longitudinal study.

The influence of psychiatric symptoms and cognitive status on daily living skills was explored among persons with dementia residing in skilled nursing facilities. Psychiatric symptoms were examined in three domains: 1) depression, 2) psychosis, and 3) ...
Susan K Schultz, Vicki L Ellingrod, David J Moser, Eric Kutschner, Carolyn Turvey, Stephan Arndt (Ann Clin Psychiatry, 200212)
influence-cognitive-impairment-psychiatric-symptoms-daily-functioning.asp

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Reduced task-set inertia in Parkinsons disease.

This study investigated the relationship between cognitive inhibition and set-switching costs in 13 patients with Parkinsons disease (PD) and 16 control subjects using a set-switching task with fully predictable switches. Incongruent colour-words and ...
Petra M J Pollux, Colin Robertson (J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 200212)
reduced-task-set-inertia-parkinson-s-disease.asp

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Somatic markers, working memory, and decision making.

The somatic marker hypothesis formulated by Damasio (e.g., 1994; Damasio, Tranel, & Damasio, 1991) argues that affective reactions ordinarily guide and simplify decision making. Although originally intended to explain decision-making deficits in people ...
John M Hinson, Tina L Jameson, Paul Whitney (Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci, 200212)
somatic-markers-working-memory-decision-making.asp

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Inhibition of expected movements in Tourettes Syndrome.

Tourettes Syndrome (TS) is a basal ganglia (BG) disorder characterized by involuntary motor and vocal tics, impairment of voluntary motor function, and attentional dysfunctions. This experiment aimed to investigate motor reprogramming and inhibitory ...
Anita Mei Yoke Goh, John L Bradshaw, Judy A Bradshaw, Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis (J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 200212)
inhibition-expected-movements-tourette-s-syndrome.asp