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Showing 1 to 20 of 158 for “"Cognitive Impairments"”.
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Exploration of mild cognitive impairments in an ethnically diverse sample
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Testing for Subtle Cognitive Impairments in aClinically Informed iPad Platform
Early detection of cognitive impairment enables more effective treatments and better outcomes. Despite advances in cognitive assessments, traditional assessment methods are often time-consuming and require extensive medical expertise, making it challenging to reach many patients and limiting data …
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Understanding Socio-Cognitive Impairments in Parkinson's Disease: from Behavioural to Neuroimaging Characterisation
… in social cognition. Nevertheless, socio-cognitive dysfunctions in PD remain a relatively underexplored area, and the available tools for assessing these deficits are limited, particularly in the clinical setting. To address this gap in the existing literature, the present doctoral thesis …
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Factor Structure of the Neurocognitive Battery in a Geriatric Sample with Cognitive Impairments
… empirically validate six theoretically derived cognitive domains (verbal memory, visual memory, working memory, attention-concentration, executive functions, and visuospatial abilities) assessed by a comprehensive battery of neuropsychological tests used in the Geriatric Memory Clinic at the …
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Spiritual Experiences of Young People with Cognitive Impairments within Christian Communities of Faith
… spiritual experiences of individuals living with cognitive impairments. The research was centered on seven young adults with cognitive impairment who were members of the Christian communities of faith and resided in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The study focused on giving voice to these …
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Effects of point-of-view modeling to teach life skills to students with cognitive impairments
… to elementary students with developmental and cognitive disabilities, compare when the video contains narration versus sound indicators, and to evaluate students' maintenance of gained skills without watching the video. A total of 8 students in grades 3-5 with an age range from 8-11 …
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Comorbidities and Physical and Cognitive Impairments in Elderly Heart Failure Patients: Impact on Total Mortality. The Cardiovascular Health Study
… high burden of comorbidities and physical and cognitive impairments, which may contribute to their poor outcome. In this study, we aim to measure the prevalence of certain comorbid conditions and measures of physical and cognitive impairments, and their impact on total mortality among …
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Using graphic organizers on ipads to teach reading comprehension skills to high school students with moderate and severe cognitive impairments
… high school students with moderate to severe cognitive impairments. The baseline took place during first two weeks of the study, and the students were not provided with any GOs during this phase. The first intervention took place during the next three weeks, and the students were provided with …
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Interpersonal APProach to Dementia: An iPad-Based Program for Caregiver Education and Decreasing Problem Behaviors in Older Adults with Cognitive Impairments
<p>Overall Problem</p> <p>More than 10 million family members care for an older adult with dementia in the community. Due to the progressive nature of dementia, a high burden of care is placed on caregivers. Adult day centers offer respite, but while providing families temporary relief from …
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Early Bird Caregiver Education: A program to support caregivers of individuals living with early stage dementia or memory loss or other cognitive impairments
… with early-stage dementia, memory loss, or other cognitive impairments in providing the highest quality of care possible, while also maintaining their own well-being. The program is intended to be led by an occupational therapy practitioner and aims to provide OTs with an evidence-based, virtual …
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Social cognitive impairments Arc gene implication and ketamine as a potential treatment [Deficits socio-cognitivi Coinvolgimento del gene Arc e ketamina come potenziale trattamento]
Le interazioni sociali rivestono un'importanza fondamentale nella vita di ogni essere vivente. Queste interazioni sono regolamentate da una sofisticata rete di processi cognitivi che coinvolgono specifiche aree cerebrali conosciute come il cervello sociale. Una componente cruciale dell'interazione …
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The Effects of Cannabis Use on Cognitive Functioning in Adolescents and Young Adults
Abstract Effects of Cannabis Use on Cognitive Functioning in Adolescents and Young Adults Ayla Selamoglu Cannabis use amongst adolescents and young adults is becoming ubiquitous. Access to cannabis is at a steady increase with rates of use now exceeding cigarettes and drawing nearer towards rates …
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Cognitive impairment: quantification and possibilities for pharmacological treatment
Cognitive impairments are a common feature of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, as well as of substance-abuse disorders. The impairments seen in these disorders can be caused by disruptions to common neural substrates, and therefore pharmacological agents can be repositioned from use in …
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Age and Sex Related Behavioral Changes in Mice Congenitally Infected with Toxoplasma gondii: Role of dopamine and other neurotransmitters in the genesis of behavioral changes due to congenital infection and attempted amelioration with interferon gamma
… gondii may play a role in the development of cognitive impairments. My hypothesis was that congenital exposure to T. gondii would lead to detectable age and sex related differences in behavior and neurotransmitter levels in mice. The neurotransmitter dopamine and commonly used …
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The Role of Nogo-A in Memory and Neuronal Plasticity in the Aged Rodent Brain
<p>The long-term effects of stroke often include cognitive impairments, but other than cognitive rehabilitation, which is often not fully successful, there is no intervention to treat cognitive impairments in stroke survivors. Our laboratory has previously shown that immunotherapy directed against …
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Standardizing the screening, assessment, and treatment of mild cognitive impairment in acute care: a multidisciplinary approach
… 80% in individuals with heart failure (HF), mild cognitive impairment (MCI) results in impaired executive functioning, hospital readmissions, and increased utilization of the healthcare system (Alagiakrishnan, et al., 2017; Amini, et al., 2019). Studies suggest these cognitive impairments are …
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EGCG and voluntary exercise : an examination of treatment effects using the TgCRND8 mouse model of Alzheimer's disease
… to the development of disease pathology, reduces cognitive impairments; however, approximately 1-month of exercise started at 80-days failed to provide cognitive improvements for male mice. Additionally, research has shown that EGCG, a botanical polyphenol, can reduce amyloid-beta levels, mitigate …
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Characterising social cognition and its predictors in individuals with premanifest Huntington’s disease
… disease that is characterised by motor, cognitive, and neuropsychiatric disorders. This condition affects 5-8 per 100, 000 people, and the average life expectancy from onset is between 15 to 25 years. Huntington’s disease is caused by an expanded cytosine-adenine-guanine (CAG) repeat …
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SPONTANEOUS SPEECH ANALYSIS FOR DETECTING MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE IN THAI OLDER ADULTS
… deficits in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can be reflected in language-based tests, especially spontaneous speech tasks. Three spontaneous speech tests were developed in this study, including Thai Picture description (TPD), Thai Story Recall (TSR), and …
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Factors affecting responsiveness to teaching strategies in the rehabilitation of acquired memory impairment
… which examines the extent to which specific cognitive impairments should be taken into account when planning memory rehabilitation interventions based on teaching strategies such as cueing and errorless learning. The second paper is an empirical study which compares the effectiveness of …
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