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Showing 1 to 20 of 76 for “"neuropsychological test"”.
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The Impact of Incentives on Neuropsychological Test Performance: An Analog Study
… yet to explore the impact of other incentives on test performance. The present study sought to examine the rate of effort test failure, symptom report, and neuropsychological test performance in college students assigned to one of three conditions: Fake Good, Fake Bad, and No Incentive conditions. …
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The effect of observational method and task complexity on neuropsychological test performance
… clearly demonstrating altered performance on neuropsychological tests under such conditions. Past research into the social facilitation effect suggests attentional conflict (Baron, 1986; Manstead & Semin, 1980) and increased anxiety (Guerin & Innes, 1982; Guerin, 1983) when observers are …
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Neuropsychological test performances of young depressed outpatient women: an examination of executive functions
… equal number of matching controls on a series of neuropsychological tests purported to be sensitive to the executive functions. Specifically, the measures included the Design Fluency Test, the WAIS-R Digit Span subtest, a Dynamometer task of hand grip strength, perseveration, and fatigue, the FAS …
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The usefulness of neuropsychological test scores in predicting social recovery in closed head injury patients.
Dept. of Psychology. Paper copy at Leddy Library: Theses & Major Papers - Basement, West Bldg. / Call Number: Thesis1988 .D654. Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 40-07, page: . Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor (Canada), 1988.
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Association between CSF Biomarkers and Performance on Neuropsychological Test in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment
… to AD, studies have linked findings in CSF to neuropsychological profiles in MCI. The aim of this research was to find out if there is an association between critical biomarkers, such as tau and Aβ42 in the CSF, and performance on neuropsychological tests. All participants were referred to …
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Neuropsychological Test Performance and Other Predictors of Adult Outcome in a Prospective Follow-Up Study of Children with ADHD
… follow-up study which investigates the neuropsychological test performance of children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and examines whether test performance and severity of childhood disruptive behaviors predict adult psychiatric status and functioning in major …
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Functionally relevant basal ganglia subdivisions in first-episode schizophrenia
… was studied by examining performance on a neuropsychological test that assesses frontostriatal functioning. For male subjects there was a significant negative correlation between volume of the associative striatum and performance on the neuropsychological test (r=-0.57, p=0.03). Smaller …
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Investigation into cognitive function in first episode psychosis and chronic schizophrenia patients. An investigation into cognitive deficits associated with first episode psychosis and chronic schizophrenia patients in South Asian and Caucasian populations as assessed by the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB).
… cognitive deficits using the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB®) in first episode psychosis and chronic schizophrenia patients. In the first episode population the effect of ethnicity on cognition was also examined. In the chronic schizophrenia study comparisons …
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Neuropsychological Impairment in Women Alcoholics
… to investigate patterns of intact and impaired neuropsychological test performance in alcoholic women. On the basis of past research with alcoholic males, it was expected that abilities associated with right hemisphere functioning (nonverbal, abstract) would be affected by alcoholism while those …
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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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Diagnosis Threat in a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Population
… study examined the effect of diagnosis threat on neuropsychological test performance. Forty-nine participants with a history of mTBI were randomly assigned to either a Diagnosis Threat group or a Control group. The Diagnosis Threat group was told that they were selected to participate based on …
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Diagnosis Threat in a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Population
… study examined the effect of diagnosis threat on neuropsychological test performance. Forty-nine participants with a history of mTBI were randomly assigned to either a Diagnosis Threat group or a Control group. The Diagnosis Threat group was told that they were selected to participate based on …
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Assessing type 2 diabetes associated NeuroCognitive impairment using an e-screening tool in a South African population
… and outpatient settings and access to formal neuropsychological testing services is limited. The inability to easily identify people with type 2 diabetes with neurocognitive impairments is constraining the development of context appropriate interventions to improve the care and outcomes in …
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Neuropsychological, functional and behavioural outcome and predictors of outcome in a sample of traumatic brain injury litigants
… traumatic brain injured (TBI) litigants who were tested and interviewed both during litigation (at time 1, or T1) and 1 year or more after case settlement (at time 2, or T2). More specifically, my major goals were to assess (a) changes between TI and T2 on outcome variables such as …
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Investigating an Executive Function Intervention Using Goal Management Training in HIV+ Adolescents in South Africa
… prevalence of HIV in South African adolescents, neuropsychological rehabilitation interventions are largely absent. Currently, metacognitive approaches such as Goal Management Training (GMT) demonstrate the best evidence base for improving executive functions. The main aim of this study was to …
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Language Dysfunction in Traumatic Brain Injury While Controlling for Effort
… Similarities, Information, and Comprehension subtests; the Boston Naming Test; the Phonemic and Semantic cue conditions of the Controlled Oral Word Association Test; the Auditory Comprehension subtest of the Cognistat; Wide Range Achievement Test-3 Reading subtest; and the Peabody Picture …
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Category Test and WAIS Scores: Sex and Age Inter-Relationships
… sex and age differences on the WAIS and Category Test in a sample of 218 persons, half male and half female, between the ages of 16 and 39. The sample was composed of well educated diabetics without neurological symptomatology and of above average intelligence.</p> <p>Three types of statistical …
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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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Hypertension and Neurocognitive impairment as measured by the Zambia Neurobehavioural test battery--A pilot study
… the clinics with the help of clinic staff. The neuropsychological domains measured in the present study were executive functioning, fluency, verbal episodic memory, visual episodic memory, motor dexterity, working memory, and speed of information processing. The measures used included: Blood …
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