Neuropsychological Tests

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A comparison of flashbacks and ordinary autobiographical memories of trauma: cognitive resources and behavioural observations.

We investigated predictions derived from the dual representation theory of posttraumatic stress disorder, which proposes that flashbacks and ordinary memories of traumas are supported by different types of representation. Sixty-two participants, meeting ...
S J Hellawell, C R Brewin (Behav Res Ther, 200210)
comparison-flashbacks-ordinary-autobiographical-memories-trauma.asp

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Mistaken memories: remembering events that never happened.

Our memories can be accurate, but they are not always accurate. Eyewitness testimony, for example, is notoriously unreliable. Insights into both veridical and false remembering have come from recent investigations of memory distortion. Behavioral ...
Brian Gonsalves, Ken A Paller (Neuroscientist, 200210)
mistaken-memories-remembering-events-never-happened.asp

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Effects of orientation on Rey complex figure performance.

An experiment was performed that examined the impact of stimulus orientation on performance on the Rey complex figure. A total of 48 undergraduates (24 men, 24 women) were randomly assigned to one of four Rey figure orientation groups (0 degrees, 90 ...
F Richard Ferraro, Jennifer Grossman, Amy Bren, Allysa Hoverson (Brain Cogn, 200210)
effects-orientation-rey-complex-figure-performance.asp

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Sex differences in face recognition--womens faces make the difference.

Sex differences favoring women have been found in face recognition tasks as well as in verbal episodic memory tasks. Womens higher face recognition performance was hypothesized to be related to either their higher verbal ability or to their superiority ...
Catharina Lewin, Agneta Herlitz (Brain Cogn, 200210)
sex-differences-face-recognition-women-s-faces-difference.asp

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Assessment of low-flow CSF drainage as a treatment for AD: results of a randomized pilot study.

OBJECTIVE: This prospective, randomized, controlled study was designed to investigate the safety, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of long-term CSF drainage via a low-flow ventriculoperitoneal shunt in subjects suffering from AD. METHODS: ...
G D Silverberg, E Levinthal, E V Sullivan, D A Bloch, S D Chang, J Leverenz, S Flitman, R Winn, F Marciano, T Saul, S Huhn, M Mayo, D McGuire (Neurology, 200210)
assessment-low-flow-csf-drainage-treatment-ad-results-randomized.asp

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Alzheimers disease can be accurately diagnosed in very mildly impaired individuals.

BACKGROUND: The growing propensity to diagnose AD in individuals with very mild cognitive impairment increases the danger of false-positive diagnostic errors. Unfortunately, there is little systematically acquired information about the accuracy of the AD ...
D P Salmon, R G Thomas, M M Pay, A Booth, C R Hofstetter, L J Thal, R Katzman (Neurology, 200210)
alzheimer-s-disease-accurately-diagnosed-mildly-impaired-individuals.asp

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Quantitative genetic modeling of regional brain volumes and cognitive performance in older male twins.

As part of an ongoing longitudinal twin study, data from both MRI brain scanning and from neuropsychological testing were obtained from 139 male-male twin pairs (72 monozygotic [MZ] and 67 dizygotic [DZ]), 69-80 years old at the time of examination. For ...
Dorit Carmelli, Gary E Swan, Charles DeCarli, Terry Reed (Biol Psychol, 200210)
quantitative-genetic-modeling-regional-brain-volumes-cognitive.asp

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Predicting handwriting performance of early elementary students with the developmental test of visual-motor integration.

The purpose of this study was to examine use of the Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration in predicting handwriting performance of early elementary students and the contribution of sex. An additional purpose was to examine whether successful ...
Deborah Marr, Sharon Cermak (Percept Mot Skills, 200210)
predicting-handwriting-performance-early-elementary-students.asp

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Reliability estimates for the immediate and delayed memory tasks.

The Immediate and Delayed Memory Tasks are variations of the Continuous Performance Test. While previous research with the tasks has focused on group performance across multiple blocks and sessions, reliability estimates have not been established. We ...
Charles W Mathias, Dawn M Marsh, Donald M Dougherty (Percept Mot Skills, 200210)
reliability-estimates-immediate-delayed-memory-tasks.asp

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Cognitive changes following subthalamic nucleus stimulation in two patients with Parkinson disease.

The limits of a drug therapy in severe forms of Parkinson disease have led to refining neurosurgery on the basal ganglia. Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus has been recognized as one of the most promising techniques to decrease "off" ...
Rita Moretti, Paola Torre, Rodolfo M Antonello, Livio Capus, Manuela Gioulis, Sandro Zambito Marsala, Giuseppe Cazzato, Antonio Bava (Percept Mot Skills, 200210)
cognitive-changes-following-subthalamic-nucleus-stimulation-two.asp