Systematic review: are overweight and obese individuals impaired on behavioural tasks of executive functioning?

abstract：:The mandate for evidence-based practice has prompted careful consideration of the weight of the scientific evidence regarding the therapeutic value of various clinical treatments. In the field of aphasia, a large number of single-subject research studies have been conducted, providing clinical outcome data that are po...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Beeson PM,Robey RR

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper surveys the process approach literature with an emphasis on higher level cognitive functions like attention and concentration, learning and memory, and problem solving and executive functioning. In particular, it discusses organizational strategies and kinds of errors found on a variety of tests as well as ...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Erickson RC

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Association Football (soccer) is the most popular and widespread sport in the world. A significant proportion of the injuries suffered in football are head injuries involving trauma to the brain. In normal play, head trauma frequently arises from collisions, but some researchers have claimed that it also may arise as ...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Rutherford A,Stephens R,Potter D

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a vast and growing literature in psychology demonstrating the general limits of human judgment and clinical inference. These findings clearly apply in the new specialty of clinical neuropsychology, and there is little empirical research to support the widespread belief that judgmental accuracy correlates subs...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Wedding D

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intelligence testing has a long and revered history in psychological measurement in childhood. Yet, the years between infancy and early childhood have been understudied with respect to emergent intellectual and cognitive functioning. Factor analytic models of intelligence that have demonstrated applicability when test...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Baron IS,Leonberger KA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wernicke's Encephalopathy is an acute neuro-psychiatric condition caused by an insufficient supply of thiamine (Vitamin B1) to the brain. If undiagnosed or inadequately treated, it is likely to proceed to Korsakoff's Syndrome. Wernicke's Encephalopathy can result from dietary deficiency alone and this form is usually ...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Thomson AD,Guerrini I,Marshall EJ

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wealth of empirical evidence is accumulating on the genetic mediation of brain structure phenotypes. This comes from twin studies that assess heritability and genetic covariance between traits, candidate gene associations, and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) that can identify specific genetic variants. Here w...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Strike LT,Couvy-Duchesne B,Hansell NK,Cuellar-Partida G,Medland SE,Wright MJ

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The notion that memory for music can be preserved in patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) has been raised by a number of case studies. In this paper, we review the current research examining musical memory in patients with AD. In keeping with models of memory described in the non-musical domain, we propose that vari...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Baird A,Samson S

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In developmental research, the relationship between Executive Function (EF) and Theory of Mind (ToM) has been extensively assessed, and EF has been considered a condition for ToM. However, few researchers have studied the relationship between EF and ToM in clinical populations, especially that of Attention Deficit Hyp...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Pineda-Alhucema W,Aristizabal E,Escudero-Cabarcas J,Acosta-López JE,Vélez JI

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of neuropsychology in Japan since the end of the 19th century will be outlined, including a number of pioneering works that gave a scientific basis to contemporary Japanese neuropsychology. The activities of societies/associations of related disciplines as well as the educational systems of clinical an...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Hamanaka T

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Faces play an integral role in day-to-day functioning, particularly for social interactions where dynamic and rapid processing of information is vital. Analysis of faces allows an individual to ascertain a wide range of information including deciphering mood and identity, with these assessments directing an individual...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Hutchings R,Palermo R,Piguet O,Kumfor F

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for low cost, noninvasive procedures for aiding in the diagnosis and understanding of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) has led to theories and procedures examining the role of olfactory disorders because of the finding that the brains of AD patients invariably exhibit neuropathology in the hippocampus and entorhinal ...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Thompson MD,Knee K,Golden CJ

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on facial asymmetries during emotional expression. Facial asymmetry is defined as the expression intensity or muscular involvement on one side of the face ("hemiface") relative to the other side and has been used as a behavioral index of hemispheric specialization for facial emotional expression. T...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Borod JC,Haywood CS,Koff E

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several obstacles exist that impede the scientific study of pathological underarousal (stupor and coma). For instance, there is a lack of a clear, rational, standardized taxonomy with which to describe the phenomenon. Moreover, there is considerable confusion of the construct of arousal with other neurobehavioral cons...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Stanczak DE

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic changes in neurochemistry, fiber architecture, and tissue composition occur in the adolescent brain. The course of these maturational processes is being charted with greater specificity, owing to advances in neuroimaging and indicate grey matter volume reductions and protracted development of white matter in r...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Bava S,Tapert SF

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norman Geschwind's landmark paper in 1965, "Disconnexion Syndromes in Animals and Man," inspired a generation of investigators to consider the effects of focal brain lesions disrupting higher brain functions. Although Geschwind viewed disconnection as resulting from either white or gray matter lesions, his signature a...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Filley CM

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 5 years, Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) has begun to provide new evidence about the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on white matter development. DTI, which examines microstructural tissue integrity, is sensitive to more subtle white matter abnormalities than traditional volumetric MRI methods. Thus ...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Wozniak JR,Muetzel RL

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychologists' current practices with respect to the disclosure of tests and raw test data to courts are damaging their reputations as scientists, undermining their credibility as honest professionals acting in good faith, and contrary to the best interests of consumers. The profession is conducting itself in a contra...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Lees-Haley PR,Courtney JC

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is a term used to describe a disorder characterized by a vast array of somatic, cognitive, and affective symptoms, the cause of which is attributed to exposure to extremely low levels of a variety of chemicals. Upon examination of the patient with a diagnosis of MCS, objective physi...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Labarge XS,McCaffrey RJ

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropsychological research provides a useful framework to study emotional problems, such as depression, and their correlates. This paper reviews several prominent neuropsychological theories. Functional neuroanatomical systems of emotion and depression are reviewed, including those that describe cerebral asymmetries ...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Shenal BV,Harrison DW,Demaree HA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adults with Down syndrome (DS) are at a very high risk of developing early onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) due to trisomy of chromosome 21. AD is preceded by a prolonged prodromal "pre-clinical" phase presenting with clinical features that do not fulfil the diagnostic criteria for AD. It is important to clinically char...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Lautarescu BA,Holland AJ,Zaman SH

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persons with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) are at high Alzheimer's Disease (AD) risk but the development of sensitive measures to assess subtle cognitive decline in this population poses a major challenge for clinicians and researchers. Eye movement monitoring is a non-invasive, sensitive way to assess subtle cognit...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Kahana Levy N,Lavidor M,Vakil E

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain injury, stressor severity, depression, premorbid vulnerabilities, and PTSD are frequently intertwined in trauma populations. This interaction is further complicated when the neuropsychologist evaluates refugees from other cultures. In addition, the observed psychiatric symptoms reported in refugees and victims o...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Weinstein CS,Fucetola R,Mollica R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Behavioral studies of facial emotion recognition (FER) in autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have yielded mixed results. Here we address demographic and experiment-related factors that may account for these inconsistent findings. We also discuss the possibility that compensatory mechanisms might enable some individuals w...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Harms MB,Martin A,Wallace GL

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism is diagnosed on the basis of a triad of impairments in social interaction, communication, and flexible imaginative functions (with restricted and repetitive behaviors and interests; RRBIs). There has been a strong presumption that these different features of the syndrome are strongly intertwined and proceed fro...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Happé F,Ronald A

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amygdala and, more recently, also the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, have been widely implicated in fear and anxiety. Much of our current knowledge is derived from animal studies and suggests an intricate convergence and divergence in functions related to defensive responding. In a recent paper, Klumpers and...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Luyck K,Goode TD,Lee Masson H,Luyten L

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The publication of Luria's Neuropsychological Investigation (LNI) by Christensen in 1975 introduced Luria's evaluation procedures to worldwide neuropsychology. The LNI demonstrated the benefit of a thorough qualitative analysis of an individual patient's functioning as well as the usefulness of a comprehensive theory ...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Christensen AL,Caetano C

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apraxia is one of the cognitive deficits that characterizes Alzheimer's disease. Despite its prevalence and relevance to diagnosing Alzheimer's disease, this topic has received little attention and is without comprehensive review. The review herein is aimed to fill this gap by first presenting an overview of the impai...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Lesourd M,Le Gall D,Baumard J,Croisile B,Jarry C,Osiurak F

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure for automatic identification of sulci of cerebral hemispheres in magnetic resonance images is presented. The algorithm departs from information of the spatial location of a given feature (e.g., sulcal contour) in one hemisphere and automatically defines its course in the other hemisphere. The automatic tra...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Naor Z,Yeshurun Y,Myslobodsky M

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with schizophrenia demonstrate marked impairments on most clinical neuropsychological tests. These findings suggest that patients suffer from a generalized form of cognitive impairment, with little evidence of spared performance documented in several large meta-analytic reviews of the clinical literature. In ...

journal_title：Neuropsychology review

authors： Gold JM,Hahn B,Strauss GP,Waltz JA

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00