Neuropsychological Tests

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Prevalence of dementia with Lewy bodies in an inpatient psychogeriatric population in Hong Kong Chinese.

OBJECTIVE: To find out the prevalence of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) in an inpatient psychogeriatric population in Hong Kong Chinese. METHOD: Clinical notes of all dementia patients admitted to an inpatient psychogeriatric unit between 1 January and ...
Sandra S M Chan, Helen F K Chiu, Linda C W Lam, Vivian P Y Leung (Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 200209)
prevalence-dementia-lewy-bodies-inpatient-psychogeriatric-population.asp

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Effects of cigarette smoking and nicotine nasal spray on psychiatric symptoms and cognition in schizophrenia.

Schizophrenic patients have among the highest rates of smoking of any group of patients. Previous studies have identified psychophysiological and potential nicotinic receptor abnormalities which may be associated with this phenomenon. The effects of ...
Robert C Smith, Abhay Singh, Mauricio Infante, Amaresh Khandat, Angelica Kloos (Neuropsychopharmacology, 200209)
effects-cigarette-smoking-nicotine-nasal-spray-psychiatric-symptoms.asp

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An afterword: the utility of cognitive models for the field of psychopathology.

Cognitive models of psychopathology provide opportunities and challenges for both the research psychopathologist and the clinician concerned with practical applications to individuals. Heterogeneity of individual pathology within diagnostic categories, ...
Brendan A Maher (Psychol Assess, 200209)
afterword-utility-cognitive-models-field-psychopathology.asp

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Additional dopamine reuptake inhibition attenuates vigilance impairment induced by serotonin reuptake inhibition in man.

There is evidence for a specific impairment of human vigilance following enhancement of serotonergic activity by antidepressant drugs. In the present study, we investigated the putative role of serotonergic-dopaminergic interactions in diminished ...
Jeroen A J Schmitt, Johannes G Ramaekers, Monique J Kruizinga, Martin P J van Boxtel, Eric F P M Vuurman, Wim J Riedel (J Psychopharmacol, 200209)
additional-dopamine-reuptake-inhibition-attenuates-vigilance.asp

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Trajectory of cognitive science and psychological assessment: current status and expectations.

Salient commonalities and distinctions of the set of contributions to this special section are synthesized and discussed. The examination provides a springboard for observations on future developments in cognitive-science applications. Issues considered ...
Richard W J Neufeld (Psychol Assess, 200209)
trajectory-cognitive-science-psychological-assessment-current-status.asp

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Neural basis of the Stroop interference task: response competition or selective attention?

Previous neuroimaging studies of the Stroop task have postulated that the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) plays a critical role in resolution of the Stroop interference condition. However, activation of the ACC is not invariably seen and appears to ...
Larissa A Mead, Andrew R Mayer, Julie A Bobholz, Scott J Woodley, Joseph M Cunningham, Thomas A Hammeke, Stephen M Rao (J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 200209)
neural-basis-stroop-interference-task-response-competition-or.asp

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Immediate versus sustained processing in schizophrenia.

A Stroop negative priming (NP) task was used to assess immediate selective attention and priming in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. Subject groups were comprised of 12 state hospital inpatients (41.8 +/- 7.5 years of age), 11 outpatients ...
Ruth Salo, Avishai Henik, Thomas E Nordahl, Lynn C Robertson (J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 200209)
immediate-versus-sustained-processing-schizophrenia.asp

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Effects of the use of alcohol and cigarettes on cognition in elderly adults.

The objective of this study was to examine the independent and interactive effects of lifetime patterns of drinking and smoking on cognitive performance in the elderly. A sample of 395 individuals with varying histories of alcohol and cigarette use was ...
John A Schinka, Rodney D Vanderploeg, Miles Rogish, Amy Borenstein Graves, James A Mortimer, Patricia Isbell Ordoric (J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 200209)
effects-alcohol-cigarettes-cognition-elderly-adults.asp

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Stroop effect in Spanish-English bilinguals.

The aim of this study was to analyze the performance of Spanish-English bilinguals on the Golden Stroop Test. The effects of bilingualism, participants age, age of acquisition of the second language, and proficiency in each language were analyzed. ...
Mónica Rosselli, Alfredo Ardila, Mirtha N Santisi, María Del Rosario Arecco, Judy Salvatierra, Alejandra Conde, Bonie Lenis (J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 200209)
stroop-effect-spanish-english-bilinguals.asp

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Effects of death within 11 years on cognitive performance in old age.

Six different cognitive tests and the Heck Depression Inventory (BDI) were given to 3,572 active community residents aged 49 to 93 years. Causes of death were ascertained for 443 who died between 36 and 3,903 days later. Subsequent survival predicted ...
Patrick Rabbitt, Peter Watson, Chris Donlan, Lynn Mc Innes, Michael Horan, Neil Pendleton, John Clague (Psychol Aging, 200209)
effects-death-years-cognitive-performance-old-age.asp