Neuropsychological Tests

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Base rates of malingering and symptom exaggeration.

Base rates of probable malingering and symptom exaggeration are reported from a survey of the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology membership. Estimates were based on 33,531 annual cases involved in personal injury, (n = 6,371). disability (n = ...
Wiley Mittenberg, Christine Patton, Elizabeth M Canyock, Daniel C Condit (J Clin Exp Neuropsychol, 200212)
base-rates-malingering-symptom-exaggeration.asp

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Confirmatory factor analysis of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) in a clinical sample.

Evidence for the validity of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF; Gioia, Isquith, Guy, & Kenworthy, 2000) based on internal structure was examined in a sample of children with mixed clinical diagnoses via maximum likelihood ...
Gerard A Gioia, Peter K Isquith, Paul D Retzlaff, Kimberly A Espy (Neuropsychol Dev Cogn Sect C Child Neuropsychol, 200212)
confirmatory-factor-analysis-behavior-rating-inventory-executive.asp

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Parental reports of executive dysfunction in adolescents with bipolar disorder.

Bipolar disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness that affects children and adolescents at a rate similar to that seen in adults. Extremely little is known, however, about cognitive functioning in childhood and adolescent BPD. The present study ...
Paula K Shear, Melissa P DelBello, H Lee Rosenberg, Stephen M Strakowski (Neuropsychol Dev Cogn Sect C Child Neuropsychol, 200212)
parental-reports-executive-dysfunction-adolescents-bipolar-disorder.asp

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A verbal learning and memory test for English- and Spanish-speaking older Mexican-American adults.

Currently, there are significant limitations in word-list verbal learning and memory tests that are appropriate and have adequate normative data for use with older Latinos of Mexican descent. The purpose of this study was to derive normative data for a ...
Hector M González, Dan Mungas, Mary N Haan (Clin Neuropsychol, 200212)
verbal-learning-memory-test-english-spanish-speaking-older-mexican.asp

505.

Interface of information technology and neuropsychology: ethical issues and recommendations.

Rapid advancements in information technology and telecommunications (ITT) offer exciting opportunities for neuropsychology. However, guidelines and recommendations for identifying and negotiating ethical challenges have not kept pace with the expansion ...
Shane Bush, Richard Naugle, Doug Johnson-Greene (Clin Neuropsychol, 200212)
interface-information-technology-neuropsychology-ethical-issues.asp

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Referring physicians perceptions of the neuropsychological evaluation: how are we doing?

Clinical neuropsychologists often serve as consultants to physicians. However, little is known about physicians perceptions of the neuropsychological evaluation. Therefore, the present study examined the opinions of physicians who referred patients for ...
Geoffrey Tremont, Holly James Westervelt, Debbie J Javorsky, Anna Podolanczuk, Robert A Stern (Clin Neuropsychol, 200212)
referring-physicians-perceptions-neuropsychological-evaluation-doing.asp

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Fundamental dimensions of subjective state in performance settings: task engagement, distress, and worry.

Subjective state constructs are defined within the traditional domains of affect, motivation, and cognition. Currently, there is no overarching state model that interrelates constructs within the different domains. This article reports 3 studies that ...
Gerald Matthews, Sian E Campbell, Shona Falconer, Lucy A Joyner, Jane Huggins, Kirby Gilliland, Rebecca Grier, Joel S Warm (Emotion, 200212)
fundamental-dimensions-subjective-state-performance-settings-task.asp

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Total plasma homocysteine, age, systolic blood pressure, and cognitive performance in older people.

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationship between total plasma homocysteine (tHcy) levels, blood pressure (BP) variables, renal function, and measures of cognitive performance in older people. DESIGN: Initial cross-sectional analysis of a prospective ...
Marc M Budge, Celeste de Jager, Eva Hogervorst, A David Smith, (J Am Geriatr Soc, 200212)
total-plasma-homocysteine-age-systolic-blood-pressure-cognitive.asp

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Neuropsychological characteristics of patients in a hospital-based eating disorder program.

The existence of cognitive deficits associated with eating disorders has been debated for some time. The present study investigated cognitive impairments in a large sample of patients with anorexia nervosa from an inpatient treatment program. Fifty-nine ...
John D Bayless, Jason E Kanz, David J Moser, Bradley D McDowell, Wayne A Bowers, Arnold E Andersen, Jane S Paulsen (Ann Clin Psychiatry, 200212)
neuropsychological-characteristics-patients-hospital-based-eating.asp

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Fluctuations in attention: PD dementia vs DLB with parkinsonism.

BACKGROUND: Marked impairments in and fluctuation of attention are characteristic of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). The comparative impairment of these cognitive domains in PD and PD dementia (PD dementia) has not been studied, and is important to the ...
C G Ballard, D Aarsland, I McKeith, J OBrien, A Gray, F Cormack, D Burn, T Cassidy, R Starfeldt, J-P Larsen, R Brown, M Tovee (Neurology, 200212)
fluctuations-attention-pd-dementia-vs-dlb-parkinsonism.asp