Neuropsychological Tests

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Clinical and biomarker investigation of a patient with a novel presenilin-1 mutation (A431V) in the mild cognitive impairment stage of Alzheimers disease.

We report an individual who developed Alzheimers disease (AD) due to a novel presenilin-1 mutation (Alanine-->Valine at codon 431). When he first presented, the patient met criteria for mild cognitive impairment but progressed over 16 months to fulfill ...
Sachio Matsushita, Hiroyuki Arai, Nobuyuki Okamura, Tomohiro Ohmori, Keiichi Takasugi, Toshifumi Matsui, Masahiro Maruyama, Takeshi Iwatsubo, Susumu Higuchi (Biol Psychiatry, 200211)
clinical-biomarker-investigation-patient-novel-presenilin-mutation-.asp

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Age and skilled performance: contributions of working memory and processing speed.

In this study, we examined the interrelationships among age, working memory (WM), processing speed, and the development of skilled performance. Younger (M=20.5) and older (M=68.9) adults were trained on an alphabet arithmetic task (Haider & Frensch, ...
Susan Brigman, Katie E Cherry (Brain Cogn, 200211)
age-skilled-performance-contributions-working-memory-processing-speed.asp

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Cognition-enhancing effect of vagus nerve stimulation in patients with Alzheimers disease: a pilot study.

BACKGROUND: Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an established treatment method for therapy-refractory epilepsy and, in Europe, for treatment-resistant depression also. Clinical and experimental investigations have also shown positive effects of VNS on ...
Magnus J C Sjögren, Per T O Hellström, Michael A G Jonsson, Magnus Runnerstam, Hans C-Son Silander, Elinor Ben-Menachem (J Clin Psychiatry, 200211)
cognition-enhancing-effect-vagus-nerve-stimulation-patients-alzheimer.asp

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How the inner world is reflected in relation to perceived ward atmosphere among patients with psychosis.

BACKGROUND: This study focused on how cognitive ability, personality traits, self-rated psychiatric symptoms, and social functioning were related to the way in which patients with psychosis perceived supportive aspects of the ward atmosphere. METHODS: ...
Jan-Ake Jansson, Mona Eklund (Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol, 200211)
inner-world-reflected-relation-perceived-ward-atmosphere-patients.asp

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Long term outcome of temporal lobe epilepsy surgery: analyses of 140 consecutive patients.

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the long term results of temporal lobe epilepsy surgery in a national epilepsy surgery centre for adults, and to evaluate preoperative factors predicting a good postoperative outcome on long term follow up. METHODS: Longitudinal ...
L Jutila, A Immonen, E Mervaala, J Partanen, K Partanen, M Puranen, R Kälviäinen, I Alafuzoff, H Hurskainen, M Vapalahti, A Ylinen (J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 200211)
long-term-outcome-temporal-lobe-epilepsy-surgery-analyses-.asp

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Touch-screen system for assessing visuo-motor exploratory skills in neuropsychological disorders of spatial cognition.

A new computerised test adopting touch-screen technology has been developed to assess the visuo-motor exploration of extra-personal space. The test was derived from well-known paper-and-pencil cancellation tasks used widely in the diagnosis and ...
M Rabuffetti, M Ferrarin, R Spadone, D Pellegatta, V Gentileschi, G Vallar, A Pedotti (Med Biol Eng Comput, 200211)
touch-screen-system-assessing-visuo-motor-exploratory-skills.asp

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Object relocation task: an exact test of significance with credit for partial knowledge.

The object relocation paradigm is used to assess spatial memory in cognitive, developmental and clinical neuropsychological contexts. A number of different objects are displayed for a period of time in a particular spatial environment, such as a room, a ...
Raphael Gillett (Br J Math Stat Psychol, 200211)
object-relocation-task-exact-test-significance-credit-partial.asp

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The efficacy of neuropsychological symptom inventory in the differential diagnosis of medical, psychiatric, and malingering patients.

The present study was conducted to examine patient responses to the Neuropsychological Symptom Inventory (NSI) and attempted to discriminate among medical, psychiatric, and simulated malingering patients. Results indicated that the NSI was able to ...
Barbara C Gelder, Jeffrey B Titus, Raymond S Dean (Int J Neurosci, 200211)
efficacy-neuropsychological-symptom-inventory-differential-diagnosis.asp

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Computer detection of cognitive impairment and associated neuropsychiatric dimensions from the content analysis of verbal samples.

This is a report of a study testing the capacity of a computerized measure of the content analysis of five minute verbal samples to detect and measure cognitive impairment and comorbid neuropsychiatric dimensions in 117 drug-abusing inpatients. The ...
Louis A Gottschalk, Robert J Bechtel, Gerald A Maguire, Mark L Katz, Daniel M Levinson, Douglas E Harrington, Katsura Nakamura, David L Franklin (Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse, 200211)
computer-detection-cognitive-impairment-associated-neuropsychiatric.asp

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Neuropsychological performance in DSM-IV ADHD subtypes: an exploratory study with untreated adolescents.

OBJECTIVE: To explore neuropsychological performance in untreated Brazilian adolescents suffering from attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). METHOD: We assessed 30 untreated adolescents with ADHD and 60 healthy control subjects, aged 12 to 16 ...
Marcelo Schmitz, Luciana Cadore, Marcelo Paczko, Letícia Kipper, Márcia Chaves, Luis A Rohde, Clarissa Moura, Márcia Knijnik (Can J Psychiatry, 200211)
neuropsychological-performance-dsm-iv-adhd-subtypes-exploratory-study.asp