Planning abilities and the Tower of London: is this task measuring a discrete cognitive function?

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Both working memory (WM; a brain system that provides temporary storage and manipulation of the information) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have been associated with educational deficits. Since WM deficits are prevalent in children with ADHD, the main aim of the present study was to exami...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Fried R,Chan J,Feinberg L,Pope A,Woodworth KY,Faraone SV,Biederman J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is a sleep disorder that may affect many brain functions. We are interested in the cognitive consequences of the condition with regard to the quality of life of individuals with this disorder. A debate is still underway as to whether cognitive difficulties caused by obstructive sleep a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Devita M,Montemurro S,Ramponi S,Marvisi M,Villani D,Raimondi MC,Rusconi ML,Mondini S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the construct and predictive validity of a brief neuropsychological assessment battery, consecutive admissions to a hospital receiving inpatient treatment for stroke were tested with the Repeatable Battery for Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) and other neuropsychological measures. Discrimina...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Larson E,Kirschner K,Bode R,Heinemann A,Goodman R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There have been suggestions of hypofrontality in cannabis users. To understand cannabis-related differences in decisional processes, Janis and Mann's conflict model of decision making was applied to recreational cannabis smokers who varied in their alcohol use and level of psychological distress. METHOD:A...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Phillips JG,Ogeil RP

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined whether the Vocabulary-Digit Span difference score and discriminant function based on subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) developed by Mittenberg et al. (1995) could differentiate patients with moderate and severe traumatic brain injuries (n = 50) from persons with ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Millis SR,Ross SR,Ricker JH

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linear regression is often used to predict psychological criterion variables such as premorbid IQ. The prevailing method of evaluating the accuracy of prediction indicates poor accuracy for both high and low criterion values. These results have led to the conclusion that the equations are not applicable for predicting...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Graves RE

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuropsychological (NP) impairment is multiply determined among HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected individuals who are also dually diagnosed with depression and who use illicit substances. The purpose of the present study was to assess the impact of HIV status, depression, and problematic substance use on NP performance....

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Applebaum AJ,Otto MW,Richardson MA,Safren SA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Visual neglect is a frequent disorder following stroke and is often diagnosed by neuropsychological assessment. However, paper-and-pencil tasks have low predictive value as they lack sensitivity to capture neglect in complex, dynamic situations, such as activities of daily living. Aims of the current study...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Ten Brink AF,Visser-Meily JMA,Nijboer TCW

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty patients who had suffered closed-head injury with no resultant physical disabilities and 25 normal controls were administered a modified version of Lezak's Tinker Toy Test. All head-injured patients were examined at least 24 months following medical clearance to return to work. Twenty-five of the head injured ha...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Bayless JD,Varney NR,Roberts RJ

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two groups of patients affected by mild dementia of the Alzheimer's type (n = 42) or by depressive pseudo-dementia (n = 26) were given a modified version of the Rey's Auditory Verbal Learning Test. The two groups were roughly matched for overall level of cognitive impairment. The main purpose of the research was to de...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Gainotti G,Marra C

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-one children who has sustained head injuries were divided into mildly, moderately and severely injured groups according to neurological criteria. The groups were matched for age, sex, and injury-test interval. Approximately 1 year after their injuries, patients were tested on speeded and nonspeeded measures of m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Bawden HN,Knights RM,Winogron HW

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study cross-validated the Dot Counting Test (DCT) as a performance validity test (PVT) among a mixed clinical veteran sample. Completion time and error patterns also were examined by validity group and cognitive impairment status. METHOD:This cross-sectional study included 77 veterans who completed the ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Soble JR,Santos OA,Bain KM,Kirton JW,Bailey KC,Critchfield EA,O'Rourke JJF,Highsmith JM,González DA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have reported asymmetric cognitive profiles in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), but these results have almost exclusively been found using non-memory cognitive instruments. The present study investigated whether AD patients who display lateralized profiles on non-memory cognitive instruments als...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Demadura T,Delis DC,Jacobson M,Salmon D

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary goal of this study was to establish the stability of the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT-3) Reading score across two annual assessments of aging individuals. Participants were classified as controls (n = 200), mild cognitive impairment (MCI; n = 137), or possible or probable Alzheimer's disease (AD; n = ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Ashendorf L,Jefferson AL,Green RC,Stern RA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The validity of two malingering tests, the newly developed Amsterdam Short-Term Memory (ASTM) test and the Distraction test (Baker, Hanley, Jackson, Kimmance, & Slade, 1993) was examined in a group of patients with closed-head injury (CHI), a normal control group, and a control group with instruction to feign memory d...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Schagen S,Schmand B,de Sterke S,Lindeboom J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although handedness as a measure of cerebral specialization has been linked to accident proneness, more direct measures of laterality are rarely considered. The present study aimed to fill that gap in the existing research. In addition, individual difference factors in accident proneness were further examined with the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Voyer SD,Voyer D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some research has supported differences in mood functioning in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) whose motor symptoms begin at the left or right hemibody. Also, a relationship between disease duration and mood disturbances has been reported, but only for PD patients with right hemibody onset. There have been no i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Foster PS,Drago V,Mendez K,Witt JC,Crucian GP,Heilman KM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both amnestic and nonamnestic deficits have been observed in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Most studies have focused on impairment on single cognitive tests rather than amalgamation of the results of several measures to arrive at a composite impairment index. In this investigation, we examined 20 MCI ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Loewenstein DA,Acevedo A,Agron J,Martinez G,Duara R

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight malingerers (MPs) were identified via significantly below-chance symptom validity testing (SVT) within a sample of 106 consecutive admissions for neuropsychological evaluation. The resulting incidence of 7.5% is seen as a minimal estimate of malingering within the sample. Eight individuals who "passed" SVT but p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Trueblood W,Schmidt M

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a clinical syndrome characterized by the sudden onset of severe amnesia without concomitant focal neurological symptoms. This meta-analysis of the cognitive characteristics of TGA addressed two main issues. First, we examined the hypothesis that the acute phase of TGA is associated wi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Jäger T,Bäzner H,Kliegel M,Szabo K,Hennerici MG

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurocognitive function is reduced in major depression, but uncertainties remain about if and to what extent improvement in neurocognitive function follows remission of depressive symptoms. A total of 30 patients with Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition (DSM-IV) diagnosis of unipolar m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Biringer E,Mykletun A,Sundet K,Kroken R,Stordal KI,Lund A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tonic alertness was investigated in Alzheimer patients and normal elderly subjects. Sensitivity and criterion shifts were investigated across 45 min of continuous testing using a high event rate test with very low target probability. Alzheimer patients showed a significant sensitivity decrement over time that was unre...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Brazzelli M,Cocchini G,Della Sala S,Spinnler H

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between executive function and coping at one-year-post traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI and matched control groups completed a coping questionnaire and a neuropsychological test series. In the TBI group, better executive performance was related to the use of p...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Krpan KM,Levine B,Stuss DT,Dawson DR

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship of memory self-report to self-rated depression and to actual performance on computer-simulated everyday memory tasks was investigated in 125 normal adults. Canonical correlation analyses demonstrated that self-rated memory performance and objective computer-simulated everyday memory performance shared...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Larrabee GJ,West RL,Crook TH

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate interference effects in lateralized temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), we compared 79 patients with left (n = 43) or right (n = 36) TLE and 33 healthy controls on a verbal memory distractor task (VMDT) structured according to the Brown-Peterson paradigm. The subjects were also administered a selective remind...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Giovagnoli AR,Avanzini G

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing need for standardized assessment of cognition in older patients that is relatively brief, easy to administer, and has normative data adjusted for age and educational attainment. We tested 332 literate, cognitively normal, Spanish persons older than 49 years from the Memory Clinic of Fundació ACE...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Alegret M,Espinosa A,Vinyes-Junqué G,Valero S,Hernández I,Tárraga L,Becker JT,Boada M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of 53 patients was studied using a battery of tests and a neurobehavioral rating scale on average 4 months after closed-head injury (CHI). Social outcome was assessed 1 year after injury by interviewing a family member. The results supported the hypothesis that tests of flexibility and programming rather than...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Vilkki J,Ahola K,Holst P,Ohman J,Servo A,Heiskanen O

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visuospatial memory was investigated in two groups of patients suffering from senile dementias of the Alzheimer (SDAT) or Lewy body (SDLT) types; a, third, age-matched, healthy control group was also included. The two patient groups were mildly demented and could not be distinguished from each other by traditional tes...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Sahgal A,McKeith IG,Galloway PH,Tasker N,Steckler T

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Asymptomatic persons at risk for Huntington's disease (HD) (N = 28) were assessed with neuropsychological, psychiatric, and neurologic tests while undergoing genetic linkage studies to determine their probability of carrying the HD gene. Those participants who were subsequently identified as probable gene carriers did...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Diamond R,White RF,Myers RH,Mastromauro C,Koroshetz WJ,Butters N,Rothstein DM,Moss MB,Vasterling J

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of a set of everyday, nonverbal, digitized sounds for use in auditory confrontation naming applications is described. Normative data are reported for 120 sounds of varying lengths representing a wide variety of acoustic events such as sounds produced by animals, people, musical instruments, tools, sign...

journal_title：Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology

authors： Marcell MM,Borella D,Greene M,Kerr E,Rogers S

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00