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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Neuropsychological performance"”.
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Neuropsychological performance and dementia symptoms in a HIV positive population
… because subjects will likely have detectable neuropsychological impairments but will not be significantly impaired across all domains, allowing for more revealing comparisons. A brief neuropsychological battery was administered to all participants. Patients with more severe HIV-related health …
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Neuropsychological Performance Validity in New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Corporation Assessments of TBI
… symptom complaints and effort applied in test performance during neuropsychological assessment are not always genuine. Despite the recognised importance of validity in neuropsychological assessment, at present there are only two published papers on the assessment of performance validity (PV) in …
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The Relationship Between Neuropsychological Performance and Daily Functioning in Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease
The results of neuropsychological tests are often used by clinicians to make important decisions regarding a demented patient's ability to competently and/or independently perform activities of daily living. However, the ecological validity of most neuropsychological instruments has yet to be …
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The relationship between socioeconomic status and neuropsychological performance in 7-10 year-old South African children
… status (SES) plays a significant role in neuropsychological performance, with several empirical research studies reporting that low-SES children score more poorly on cognitive tasks than do high-SES children, even when IQ is statistically controlled. However, cognitive ability is not …
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Congruence of Parent-Report, Self-Report, and Performance-Based Neuropsychological Functioning in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survivors
… survivorship, despite limited congruence with neuropsychological performance and susceptibility to parental factors such as stress. This study was the first to investigate the moderating effect of parental stress on the congruence between reported child functioning and neuropsychological …
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Cerebral Metabolic and Neuropsychological Outcomes Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
… spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) and comprehensive neuropsychological assessment to determine if prolonged cerebral metabolic and cognitive alterations occur in individuals with persistent neurocognitive deficits following a mild TBI (mTBI). The current study evaluated the potential interactions …
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The relationship of language and performance on the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS)
… the relationship between language ability and neuropsychological performance on the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS). Language ability was measured as naming ability and verbal fluency via the Boston Naming Test, Second Edition (BNT-2) and Delis-Kaplan …
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Neuropsychological Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder
… personality disorder (BPD) displayed deficits in neuropsychological functioning when compared with healthy controls. Participants with BPD performed worse on all measures of cognitive functioning: attention, verbal memory, processing speed and a measure of general neuropsychological functioning. …
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Neuropsychological Correlates of Borderline Personality Disorder
… personality disorder (BPD) displayed deficits in neuropsychological functioning when compared with healthy controls. Participants with BPD performed worse on all measures of cognitive functioning: attention, verbal memory, processing speed and a measure of general neuropsychological functioning. …
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Subjective cognitive complaints in HIV infection: Utility in predicting neuropsychological deficits.
… subjective cognitive complaints and actual neuropsychological skills in HIV-infected individuals. The sample consisted of 156 HIV-positive adults (148 men; 8 women), of whom 18 were asymptomatic (CDC-A), 61 were mildly symptomatic (CDC-B), and 76 had AIDS-defining illnesses or CD4 counts …
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Localization of seizure foci in pediatric populations : development of a predictive pediatric model
… in the United States. Its deleterious effects on neuropsychological functioning are associated with significant direct and indirect costs at both the individual and societal level. Despite this, relatively few studies have systematically compared neuropsychological functioning by epilepsy type in …
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Psychometrically Valid Relationships between Acculturation and Neuropsychological Factors
Neuropsychological tests play a significant role in detecting brain dysfunction and treatment planning for patients. However, discrepancies in neurocognitive tests among ethnic minorities continue to perplex neuropsychologists and place ethnic minorities at a greater risk for misdiagnoses (Byrd et …
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Neuropsychological function as a result of chronic exposure to methadone and other opioids
… exposure to opioids has been associated with neuropsychological impairment during both active use and following a period of abstinence. The overall objective of this thesis was to review the relevant prior literature in a systematic manner and subsequently to describe the effects of chronic …
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Neurocognitive outcomes in children experiencing seizures during treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia
… to two children without on-protocol seizures. Neuropsychological assessment and magnetic resonance imaging each occurred across three treatment time-points. Results revealed a 3.82% two-year incidence of seizures during TOTXV with over 50 percent of seizures during induction and consolidation …
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How do parent-child relationships relate to attention, executive functioning, & working memory in school-aged children?
… positive and negative parenting factors and both neuropsychological and parent-report measures of children’s executive functioning (EF), attention, and working memory. Participants included ninety 8- to 12-year-old children and their parents. Though parenting was largely unrelated to …
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Profiles of Neuropsychological Functioning in Children and Adolescents with Spina Bifda
<p>The current study examined neuropsychological performance among children with spina bifida (SB) 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 …
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Heterogeneity in hyperkinetic disorder
… and environmental causes to the associated neuropsychological deficits, the clinical presentation and response to treatment. This work investigated whether the more restrictive and clinically homogeneous hyperkinetic disorder (HKD) phenotype is associated with reduced neuropsychological …
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Neurocognitive Functioning in Severe Depression
… Baseline socio-demographic, clinical, and neuropsychological information was examined in 145 inpatients enrolled in a large electroconvulsive therapy study (the Consortium for Research in ECT). Results revealed that depression severity was unrelated to global cognitive functioning and …
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Asymmetrie der visuellen Aufmerksamkeit und andere neuropsychologische Einschränkungen nach subkortikalem Insult
… and white matter leads to neurological and neuropsychological deficits. Aim of this study is to characterize the neuropsychological deficits and their development after vascular damage to basal ganglia and/or thalamus. Special emphasis is aimed on visual attention and executive “frontal” …
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The Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Neuropsychological Functioning and Tau Accumulation Later in Life in Military Veterans
… in the non-TBI group that participated in neuropsychological testing. Out of the above participants 8 in the TBI group and 19 in the non-TBI group participated inPET 18F-AV1451 imaging to compare Braak regions. The Mann-Whitney U test was used for analysis of neuropsychological tests (Clock …
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