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Showing 1 to 20 of 124 for “"Neuropsychological tests."”.
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Correlation of neuropsychological tests with measures of atrophy in the hippocampal area
… and diagnose. A variety of sources, for example neuropsychological testing and MTA biomarker are used to diagnose AD and MCI. However, limited research has been done on the MTA as a biomarker for diagnosing MCI and AD. The purpose of this study was to explore a correlation of neuropsychological …
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Effects of Brain Injury Severity and Effort on Neuropsychological Tests of Attention
… Multiple studies have shown that performance on neuropsychological tests of attention is affected by many factors, including injury severity and effort. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of injury severity on neuropsychological tests across different domains of attention while …
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FUNCTIONS UNDERLYING PERFORMANCE OF LEARNING-DISABLED CHILDREN IN INTELLIGENCE AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS.
… of specific components of the Reitan-Indiana Neuropsychological Battery with a learning disabled population. Scores of 42 children, 38 males, 4 females, ages 6.2 to 8.8 years were compiled on specific tests of the Reitan-Indiana. Principal component factoring of the original correlation matrix …
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A preliminary investigation into the relationship between age, gender, education, occupation and "race" and performance on selected neuropsychological tests in a non-clinical adult sample
… level, Occupational Status and "Race" on neuropsychological test performance in a large, convenient, non-clinical sample. The Controlled Oral Word Association Test, Wechsler Paired-Associate Learning Test and Digit Supraspan was administered to 329 adults in the age range 18 - 80. The …
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Confabulation and false memory in young first-episode psychosis patients and normal controls
… = 28) and control group (N=32) carried out eight neuropsychological tests, watched a video excerpt and answered a questionnaire with eight correct and four false questions about events that never happened in the video. Participants were encouraged to guess answers if they did not remember the …
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Use of a Pre-Employment Multitasking Instrument and Neuropsychological Measures to Predict Field Performance in Police Officers
… study were to evaluate the utility of standard neuropsychological tests and CritiCall in predicting police officer success and to evaluate the relationship between the multitasking instrument and neuropsychological measures. North Texas police officers were administered the NIH Toolbox Cognition …
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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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Factor Structure of the Neurocognitive Battery in a Geriatric Sample with Cognitive Impairments
… assessed by a comprehensive battery of neuropsychological tests used in the Geriatric Memory Clinic at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The study examined the extent to which various cognitive dimensions are tapped by this battery in a …
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Validity and reliability of the executive and memory sections of the Groote Schuur neurocognitive assessment battery
… is comprised of well-established Euro-American neuropsychological tests, which over the last three years, have been adapted and translated into isiXhosa and Afrikaans.
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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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Executive functions in obsessive-compulsive disorder : a neuropsychological and event-related potential investigation
… The present investigation employed both neuropsychological tests and event-related potentials (ERPs) to evaluate this hypothesis. In experiment one 23 outpatients with OCD and 23 normal control participants (matched for age, gender, education and handedness) completed a battery of …
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Psychological aspects of auditory disorders : cognitive functioning and psychological state
… with tinnitus. Tinnitus subjects' performance on neuropsychological tests is compared with that of hearing impaired control subjects. Subjects were also assessed using the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ). The emotional status of the subjects was assessed using the Speilberger State-Trait …
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Development of a novel virtual environment for assessing cognitive function. Design, Development and Evaluation of a Novel Virtual Environment to Investigate Cognitive Function and Discriminate between Mild Cognitive Impairment and Healthy Elderly.
… between the virtual simulation and existing neuropsychological tests were found. In addition, the results proved that VREAD is comparable with well-known neuropsychological tests, such as Cambridge Neuropsychological Automated Test Battery, Paired Associate Learning (CANTAB PAL) and Graded …
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Development of a novel virtual environment for assessing cognitive function. Design, Development and Evaluation of a Novel Virtual Environment to Investigate Cognitive Function and Discriminate between Mild Cognitive Impairment and Healthy Elderly.
… between the virtual simulation and existing neuropsychological tests were found. In addition, the results proved that VREAD is comparable with well-known neuropsychological tests, such as Cambridge Neuropsychological Automated Test Battery, Paired Associate Learning (CANTAB PAL) and Graded …
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Cognitive functioning in familial and nonfamilial groups at high-risk for schizophrenia
… subjects were administered a battery of neuropsychological tests. ANOVAs revealed a significant interaction effect on a measure of verbal learning and a double dissociation on auditory and visual working memory tasks. It appears that familial risk may be more associated with deficits on …
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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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Cognition and apathy in normal pressure hydrocephalus
… elucidated. This thesis aims to expand on the neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric research in NPH, with the main objectives being to investigate neuropsychological outcome, and the significance of the symptom of apathy in NPH. In order to investigate neuropsychological outcome following …
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Neuropsychological, Psychosocial, and Mood Outcomes Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
… preliminary study was to use a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment to determine the nature of cognitive impairments and their relationship with specific psychosocial factors, including coping skills and perceived quality of life, following mild TBI (mTBI). Neuropsychological tests …
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