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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Cognitive Profiles"”.
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Identifying Cognitive Profiles and Determinants of Cognitive Superaging Among Older Adults
Cognitive aging among older adults is heterogeneous and does not follow a single trajectory. This study used a person-centered approach to identify cognitive profiles, specifically cognitive superagers, among United States adults aged 75 and older and to quantify transitions between cognitive …
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Typical and Atypical Acquisition of Mathematics, Reading, and Writing: Cognitive Profiles in Early Development
… reported across the globe. Research on the cognitive abilities that associate with the acquisition of these academic domains has primarily concentrated on school-age children. In contrast, little is known about this topic prior to formal schooling. Understanding preschool periods is …
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Domácí gramotnostní prostředí dětí s různými jazykově-kognitivními profily
… Environment of Children of Different Lingual-Cognitive Profiles AUTHOR: Helena Franke DEPARTMENT: Department of Psychology SUPERVISOR: Prof. PhDr. Stanislav Štech, CSc. CONSULTANT: Prof. PhDr. Marína Mikulajová, CSc. ABSTRACT: The thesis deals with the home literacy environment of 87 Slovak …
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Profiles of Neuropsychological Functioning in Children and Adolescents with Spina Bifda
… to determine if there are distinct subgroups or "profiles" of cognitive functioning. 96 children with SB myelomeningocele (ages 8-15) completed a brief assessment battery. Hierarchical and non-hierarchical cluster analyses were used to identify and confirm a cluster solution. Hypothesized …
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Biases in Children's Cognitive Styles: Investigating Local, Global, and Rule-Based Processing in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Typical Development
… many attempts have been made to explain the cognitive profiles of children and adults with ASD. Three prominent theories, Weak Central Coherence (Frith, 1989), Systemizing (Baron-Cohen, 2002), and Executive Dysfunction Theory (Pennington & Ozonoff, 1996), may together provide a plausible …
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Cognitive functioning in familial and nonfamilial groups at high-risk for schizophrenia
Differences in the cognitive profiles of schizophrenic individuals who are family history positive and those who are family history negative have been reported throughout the literature. The purpose of this study was to clarify the cognitive deficits that characterize familial and nonfamilial …
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Genetic determinants of cognitive heterogeneity in Parkinson’s disease
… disease (PD) display an increased rate of cognitive decline heterogeneous in its presentation and detrimental to a person’s quality of life. The causes of cognitive diversity are unclear, however exploration of the genetic contribution to cognitive profiles is unearthing promising …
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Apathy, Depression, and Emotional Lability in Patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
The presence of cognitive and behavioral impairment in some patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is now well-known. However, the prevalence of behavioral impairment and the relationship between behavioral and cognitive impairment in ALS is not fully understood. This study is the first …
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Use of an integrated multimodal communication treatment with individuals with severe traumatic brain injury
… research should examine use of external aids and cognitive profiles in relation to modality use and success of communicative repair for people with severe TBI.</p>
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Virtual reality navigation assessment and 7 tesla MR imaging of the entorhinal-hippocampal circuit in asymptomatic at-risk Alzheimer's disease
… an immersive virtual reality assessment in 100 cognitively asymptomatic individuals from the PREVENT Dementia Programme with pre-existing clinical and cognitive profiles. They were aged between 43-66 years and stratified by AD risk status on the basis of three risk factors (family history, …
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Sex Differences in Social and Cognitive Abilities of Autistic Individuals
… given the association of social aspects with cognitive development, we aim to deepen the understanding of cognitive variables, as current research in this area is limited and inconclusive. In the first study, our results indicate that, despite comparable symptom severity, female preschoolers …
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Myelomeningocele and the Neuropsychological Functioning of Bilingual Children
… Despite this fact, research that examines the cognitive profiles of Hispanic children with myelomeningocele is limited. A review on bilingualism and neurocognitive performance suggests that a cognitive advantage is present among those who are able to learn and utilize two languages. Although …
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A psychological investigation of autistic spectrum disorders : implications for the concept of Asperger syndrome
… from autism. This was examined in four areas: cognitive profiles, cognitive styles, language and motor skills. A test battery of 11 standardised and non-standardised tests was used to examine the hypothesis. Medical consultants classified 50 participants, from 5 to 10 years of age, with …
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Functional Interplay Between Neurocognitive Decline and Risk Factors in Older Adults: A Multivariate Latent Growth Curve Model of Risk
… onset with significant variability in neurocognitive functioning being apparent during preclinical stages. Identification of individuals in preclinical stages is vital, as earlier interventions may prove more effective at ameliorating AD’s devastating effects. In this respect, clarifying …
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Off-line metacognition in children with mathematics learning disabilities
… it is investigated if some of the metacognitive parameters can be combined into a smaller number of supervariables. It is concluded that off-line metacognitive skillfulness (a combination of prediction and evaluation skills) explains about 16% of the variance in mathematical problem …
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The role of affect and cognitive schemata in the assessment of psychopathy
This thesis examined psychopathy, cognitive schemata and affect in forensic and community populations. This was to identify whether cognitive schemata and affect would assist in the assessment of psychopathy. Study one was conducted on 38 male high secure hospital patients and 38 male prisoners. It …
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Prediction and Explanation in Disorders of Mood & Anxiety
… functions such behavioural, emotional, or cognitive features associated with anxiety and low mood in some ranges might ultimately offer. While not universal, interactions between anxiety and low mood are frequent. These will be explored in novel detail and key results from this dissertation …
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Mental Representation and the Construction of Conceptual Understanding in Electronics Education
… was characterised with the creation of four cognitive profiles representing key learner constructs. Understanding about abstract concepts was shown to benefit from representations where concrete referents linked with practical experience. Electronics understanding was also shown to benefit …
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The Effects of Smoking on Neuropsychological Functioning Among Patients with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
… committed to exploring its effects on human neurocognitive functioning. The present study focused on the cognitive effects of chronic cigarette smoking in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Smoking is important to study in this population because cognitive profiles are relied on …
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Prevalence of Autistic-Like Traits in General Population Bilingual and Monolingual Samples and Their Effect on Cognition and Metaphor Processing/Interpretation
… the interaction between contrasting cognitive profiles and their potential effects on pragmatic language development. Nevertheless, recent work has shown cultural bias in the ASD diagnosis. As bilinguals are often raised biculturally, acknowledging autistic traits in this population …
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