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Showing 1 to 20 of 90 for “"Cognitive Assessment"”.
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An Interactional Analysis of Adult Cognitive Assessment
… from protocol are often necessary, as many assessments require clinicians to clarify instructions, modulate client anxiety, and intervene to maintain the client's motivation. Protocols provide little guidance on how clinicians are to make these departures. The clinical literature on …
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A Cognitive Assessment of Post-Disaster Imagery Requirements
… hazard and disaster events happen. Rapid damage assessment is time-critical to distribute accessible response resources and accelerate relief efforts. Currently there are many researchers focusing on post-disaster damage assessment studies, most of which are based on fine-resolution remote …
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A Social-Cognitive Assessment of Organizational Citizenship Behavior
… studied and well established. However, a sound assessment of OCB, which acknowledges the true social cognitive nature of the phenomenon, is yet to be developed. The purpose of this study is two-fold: First, this study seeks to develop a reliable, accurate measure of OCB. Second, this study …
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Nonverbal Cognitive Assessment in Specific Language Impairment: A Meta-Analysis
… to investigate the difference in nonverbal cognitive performance of children with specific language impairment (SLI) and their typically developing (TD) peers. In addition, variability in effect sizes across studies and its relation to the nonverbal cognitive test used, the cut-off criterion …
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Assisted living - an agent based architecture for automated cognitive assessment
… the brain, which are defined as a decline in cognitive abilities severe enough to affect performance of activities of daily living. Accurate diagnosis is essential to support pro-active and personalised care practices. Current assessments of Dementia are designed to measure cognitive abilities …
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The development, pilot and validation of a multicultural cognitive assessment scale
… increasingly important health issues. Brief cognitive assessment instruments are used to screen older patients for dementia. Many of these instruments have been developed for use in English speaking populations and are not culture-fair or easily translated for use with non-English speakers. …
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Validation of Smartphone-Derived Digital Phenotypes for Cognitive Assessment in Older Adults
… activity level and variability as a function of cognitive ability level. Exploratory analyses aimed to examine and account for a range of participant and environmental factors that may be associated with digital phenotyping data. A total of 22 participants ages 65 - 81 years with either healthy …
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Abbreviated and Expanded Forms of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment for Dementia Screening
Cognitive screening is becoming increasingly important as the general population ages and the prevalence of dementia rises. However, popular cognitive screening tools have been criticized for their insensitivity to subtle cognitive impairment, poor specificity, excessive administration time, and/or …
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Identifying AD/HD subtypes using the cognitive assessment system and the NEPSY
… of this study was to examine the ability of the Cognitive Assessment System (CAS) and the NEPSY, A Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment, to differentiate between the subtypes of Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD). The CAS and NEPSY are neuropsychological instruments which …
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Cognitive assessment of deviant sexual interest using the emotional stroop and fMRI
… whether it is a reliable tool to be used in the assessment of deviant sexual interest for sexual abusers. Chapter one reviews the Stroop task and provides guidance to researchers for developing Stroop studies. Chapter two provides an overview of the methodologies and reports on the development of …
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Existing Practice and Proposed Changes in Cognitive Assessment of Utah Students Identified as Deaf and Hard Hearing
… of hearing (D/HH). As a basis for describing the cognitive ability of Utah's D/HH students and to improve practice guidelines, 61 D/HH students served by Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (USDB) were administered the Universal Nonverbal Intelligence Test (UNIT) standard battery and the …
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Exploring cultural loading in the cognitive assessment of preschoolers : item analysis of the DAS-II and WPPSI-IV
… reliable, and culturally sensitive measures of cognitive ability for the preschool-age child. Although a large body of research suggests that standardized cognitive tests are not culturally biased against diverse groups, the empirical base is limited regarding the assessment of cultural loading …
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Influência de variáveis sociodemográficas no desempenho de idosos na versão brasileira da bateria Montreal Cognitive Assessment (Moca-BR)
Introdução: A Montreal Cognitive Assessment (Moca) é um instrumento cognitivo breve para triagem de formas mais leves de comprometimento cognitivo. Há uma escassez de baterias de rastreio cognitivo com dados normativos para diagnóstico adequado, além de poucos estudos que avaliam a influência de …
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CULTURE COUNTS: IMPROVING NON-COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT FOR PREDICTING RETENTION AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS IN A SAMPLE OF AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS
… current study was to explore the effects of non-cognitive variables in predicting GPA, institutional commitment, and retention in a sample of African American college students. Specifically, the researcher examined the validity in measuring and utilizing culture specific factors in identifying …
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An Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Tool when Administered in a Memory Clinic At Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
… population is aging, and the prevalence of neurocognitive disorders is expected to rise exponentially. Therefore, early detection of dementia is favorable for the patient and may even be of greater significance if disease-modifying treatments are discovered. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment …
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Hippocampal Volume and the Detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment in an Older Adult Population: Assessing Performance on Cognitive Screeners Administered In-Person and Electronically
… on in-person and electronic neuropsychological assessment measures predicted subcortical hippocampal volume and cognitive decline consistent with mild cognitive impairment. It was hypothesized that the Montreal Cognitive Assessment would display better predictive strength than the Cogstate Brief …
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Evaluating educational bias in executive function assessments: A comparison of ReacStick and the NIH Toolbox in individuals with multiple sclerosis
… on executive function performance across two cognitive assessment tools—ReacStick (RS) and the National Institute of Health Cognition Toolbox Cognition Battery (NIH Toolbox-CB)— in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS). Participants with confirmed MS diagnoses completed both cognitive …
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Neural Mechanisms and Cognitive Outcomes Of Electroconvulsive Therapy: A Transdiagnostic Approach
… (e.g., depression, psychosis). However, cognitive side effects and neural mechanisms underlying its therapeutic effect are not well understood. This study aims to probe the mechanisms of ECT using transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and investigate cognitive outcomes in a diverse …
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Effects of pesticides on the cognitive and behavioral functioning of Hispanic children in agricultural areas
… how exposure to pesticides affects children's cognitive and behavioral functioning. Two groups of children were studied: Exposed and Non-Exposed. The children participated previously in the Children's Pesticide Survey (CPS) conducted in an agricultural area in the state of Arizona. They were …
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