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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Tower of London"”.
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Examining component processes of performance on the Tower of London
… on a widely used executive function task, the Tower of London (TOL). All of the experiments examined the relationship of TOL performance to measures of working memory and inhibition. Experiment I examined the contributions of working memory, inhibition, and fluid intelligence to performance on …
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Deconstructing the Tower of London : resolution, alternatives and executive function
… as an executive task, the performance demands of the Tower of London task (TOL) are not well understood. The aim of this Thesis is to determine what TOL measures and seven studies are included that illustrate its performance demands. Much of the work is experimental and TOL is explored via a …
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Validation of the Medication Box Task Assessment
<p>There are a limited number of validated occupation-based cognitive assessments that are feasible in clinical settings. For individuals with acquired brain injury (ABI), ecologically valid cognitive assessments are needed to understand how cognition influences functional performance. This study …
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The Sometime Husband of Three Katherines, Two Annes and One Jane: Play and Critical Essay.
The Sometime Husband of Three Katherines, Two Annes and One Jane is a retelling of the Six Wives of Henry VIII story through memory and confrontation with the past. Kate, Katherine, Kitty, Anne and Anna are brought out of their graves into the modern world by Jane, who is trapped in an underground …
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Age and IQ as Potential Moderators in the Relation Among Endopheonotypes and Expressed Behaviors in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder
… modified by age or IQ. Participants consisted of 29 children (ages 7 to 16 years) with ASD and their parents. Parents completed the Children’s Social Behavior Questionnaire (CSBQ) to assess their child’s variety of expressed behaviors. The children were given the Kaufman Brief Intelligence …
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Policy and Polity: Space, Boundaries, and Governance in Early Modern London, 1580-1640
… governance, trade, and consumption, early modern London experienced a period of rapid growth and sprawl from the mid-sixteenth century. This nurtured more dense and frequent mobility and produced a dynamic, kinetic city. For civic authorities, however, boundaries took on greater urgence. Drawing …
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Language processing supporting cognitive performance: an investigation of children’s and adults’ inner speech using behavioral, electrophysiological and optical methods
… speech has been implicated in Vygotsky´s theory of cognitive development. Converging evidence suggests that language skills as well as self-directed speech, in particular inner speech, is important for cognitive functions. However, the role of self-directed speech (including inner speech) in the …
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Executive Dysfunction as a Trait Marker for Depression in Children and Adolescents
… in the United States, which is important because of the demonstrated wide-reaching negative effects of maternal depression on child outcomes. Some evidence suggests that maternal depression is a risk factor for executive dysfunction in children. By contrast, there is abundant evidence that …
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The Effects of Time of Day on Executive Function and Memory in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
<p>This study examined time of day effects on the performance of executive function and memory tasks in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and non-ADHD children. Previous studies have found that ADHD children performed worse on executive function and memory tasks. Also, …
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An Individual Differences Approach to Emotion Regulation Using a Neuropsychological Model of Approach and Avoidance Temperament
… approach and avoidance temperament, patterns of anterior brain asymmetry, situational strategies (suppression and cognitive reappraisal) to regulate negative emotion, and the outcomes of these strategies on emotion processes were examined. Two studies were conducted. Study 1 (N = 318) …
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Executive Functioning and Memory Performance in ADHD and Asperger's Syndrome
<p>The diagnosis of ADHD requires the exclusionary criteria for any Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), making it impossible to have comorbid disorders. This study investigated executive function and memory differences between 11 children with Asperger’s syndrome, 13 children with ADHD, and 36 …
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The acute and long lasting psychological effects of 3, 4-methylenedioxymethampethamine (MDMA, 'ecstasy'): a cohort study conducted during the period 2002-2007
… neurons. As the acute behavioural effects of MDMA are similar between non-human animals and humans, it is plausible to suggest that the neurotoxic effects of MDMA will be the same in each group. Results from previous human research investigating the psycho biological effects of MDMA have …
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Skills in Children: The Role of Executive Function, Empathy and Theory of Mind.
… (Graham & Reynolds, 2013). The adaptation of CBT for children has led to the development of tasks intended to assess core CBT skills (such as distinguishing between and linking thoughts, feelings and behaviours, Quakley, 2002). The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between …
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Executive dysfunction and weak central coherence : neither theory suitably explains a core cognitive deficit in autism spectrum disorders
Theories of weak central coherence (WCC; a local detail-specific way of processing information that allows individuals to focus on and remember minutiae) and executive dysfunction (EF dysfunction; an inability to employ goal-directed cognition to plan, organize, and alternate between tasks, or to …
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The Neurocognitive Sequelae of Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury and the Utility of Treatment with Methylphenidate
… disabilities endure well into the chronic phases of the injury. Few recognised standard treatments exist for treating cognitive deficits associated with TBI. Advances in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology using structural, functional, and diffusion imaging have shown utility in revealing …