Neuropsychological Tests

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The stress of dementia: view from the inside.

This descriptive exploratory study used thematic analysis to interpret short videotaped speech samples produced by persons with dementia in response to the question, "How have things been goingforyou lately?" The researchers were able to identify themes ...
Sharon K Ostwald, Wendy Duggleby, Kenneth W Hepburn (Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen, 200209-10)
stress-dementia-view-inside.asp

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Special characteristics affecting the neuropsychologic assessment of the elderly in Greece.

An important element in the diagnostic approach to psychogeriatric patients is the neuropsychologic assessment. Most instruments have been developed in the United States or the United Kingdom, but their appropriateness for culturally different ...
Konstantinos N Fountoulakis, Stergios G Kaprinis, George S Kaprinis (Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen, 200209-10)
special-characteristics-affecting-neuropsychologic-assessment-elderly.asp

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Early detection of psychotic disorders in adolescents: specificity of basic symptoms in psychiatric patient samples.

Based on the results of adult studies that have shown a subgroup of basic symptoms to have a predictive value for later schizophrenic disorder, a cross-sectional study on 36 schizophrenic and 75 nonschizophrenic adolescent psychiatric inpatients was ...
F Resch, E Koch, E Möhler, P Parzer, R Brunner (Psychopathology, 200209-10)
early-detection-psychotic-disorders-adolescents-specificity-basic.asp

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Is theory of mind in schizophrenia more strongly associated with clinical and social functioning than with neurocognitive deficits?

This paper examines the correlations between Theory of Mind (ToM) and neurocognitive performance, together with clinical and social functioning, in out-patients with schizophrenic disorders. It was hypothesised that, since the ability to make inferences ...
Rita Roncone, Ian R H Falloon, Monica Mazza, Alessandro De Risio, Rocco Pollice, Stefano Necozione, PierLuigi Morosini, Massimo Casacchia (Psychopathology, 200209-10)
theory-mind-schizophrenia-more-strongly-associated-clinical-social.asp

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Transfer of a speed of processing intervention to near and far cognitive functions.

BACKGROUND: Evidence establishing the potential for modification of cognitive functioning in later adulthood has begun to accumulate. OBJECTIVE: The primary goal of the current study was to evaluate, among older adults, the extent to which standardized ...
Jerri D Edwards, Virginia G Wadley, R enee S Myers, Daniel L Roenker, Gayla M Cissell, Karlene K Ball (Gerontology, 200209-10)
transfer-speed-processing-intervention-near-far-cognitive-functions.asp

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Modeling the prevalence and incidence of Alzheimers disease and mild cognitive impairment.

A number of systems have been proposed for classifying older adults who suffer from cognitive impairment or decline but do not yet meet criteria for Alzheimers disease (AD). The classification, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), has attracted much ...
Jerome A Yesavage, Ruth OHara, Helena Kraemer, Art Noda, Joy L Taylor, Steve Ferris, Marie-Christine Gély-Nargeot, Allyson Rosen, Leah Friedman, Javaid Sheikh, Christian Derouesné (J Psychiatr Res, 200209-10)
modeling-prevalence-incidence-alzheimer-s-disease-mild-cognitive.asp

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Environmental effects on language development in normal and high-risk child populations.

This report describes language development from infancy through 8 years of life for a large sample of very low birth weight (VLBW) (high medical risk, n = 94; low medical risk, n = 132) and term (n = 134) children. Children of high and low medical risk ...
Susan H Landry, Karen E Smith, Paul R Swank (Semin Pediatr Neurol, 200209)
environmental-effects-language-development-normal-high-risk-child.asp

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Introduction to the Special Section on Cognitive Science and Psychological Assessment.

This introduction to the Special Section on Cognitive Science and Psychological Assessment begins with a brief overview of cognitive science and its interface with the clinical assessment of cognitive functioning. Concepts and themes permeating the ...
Richard W J Neufeld (Psychol Assess, 200209)
introduction-special-section-cognitive-science-psychological.asp

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Neural correlates for feeling-of-knowing: an fMRI parametric analysis.

The "feeling-of-knowing" (FOK) is a subjective sense of knowing a word before recalling it, and the FOK provides us clues to understanding the mechanisms of human metamemory systems. We investigated neural correlates for the FOK based on the ...
Hideyuki Kikyo, Kenichi Ohki, Yasushi Miyashita (Neuron, 200209)
neural-correlates-feeling-knowing-fmri-parametric-analysis.asp

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Evidence for perceptual "trapping" and adaptation in multistable binocular rivalry.

When a different pattern is presented to each eye, the perceived image spontaneously alternates between the two patterns (binocular rivalry); the dynamics of these bistable alternations are known to be stochastic. Examining multistable binocular rivalry ...
Satoru Suzuki, Marcia Grabowecky (Neuron, 200209)
evidence-perceptual-trapping-adaptation-multistable-binocular-rivalry.asp