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Clinical Neurology
Fabrizio Pasotti, Giulia De Luca, Edoardo Nicolo Aiello, Chiara Gramegna, Marco Di Gangi, Giuseppe Foderaro, Marcello Gallucci, Elena Biglia, Gabriella Bottini
Summary: This study aimed at developing and standardizing tasks for working memory assessment, validating a novel working memory test, and providing updated norms for a digit span task in an Italian population sample. Results showed that age and education significantly predicted working memory tasks, with males outperforming females in certain aspects. The study introduces a new scoring procedure and provides practitioners with an adaptive battery for working memory assessment.
NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
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Clinical Neurology
Damiano Mistri, Laura Cacciaguerra, Paola Valsasina, Elisabetta Pagani, Massimo Filippi, Maria A. Rocca
Summary: This study compared cognitive performance between primary progressive and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, and investigated the structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) correlates of their cognitive functions. The results showed that primary progressive and secondary progressive MS had similar cognitive scores in all domains, and cognitive dysfunction was associated with distinct patterns of brain structural abnormalities and involvement of different white matter tracts.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY
(2023)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Jessica Fish, F. Colin Wilson
Summary: This study examined the external and ecological validity of a standardized test of children's executive functioning, the BADS-C, in a sample of 256 children and adolescents. Results indicated tentative evidence of the BADS-C and DEX-C construct, convergent and predictive validity, showing significant relationships between BADS-C scores and everyday functioning reported on the DEX and SDQ.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
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Psychology, Biological
Yurong Sun, Pyungwon Kang, Leyu Huang, Huimin Wang, Yixuan Ku
Summary: The influence of rewards and punishments on human behavior is widespread. This study used a working memory task and EEG recording to investigate the effects of incentive signals on visual working memory. The results showed that rewarding cues led to greater improvement in working memory precision compared to punishing cues, and also resulted in higher confidence ratings. The EEG results revealed earlier activation of a specific brain component, increased negativity during the expectation period, and larger P300 during sample and delay periods in response to rewarding cues. The behavioral and neural results were correlated, suggesting that individuals with larger differences in brain activation between reward and punishment conditions also showed greater differences in confidence ratings. Overall, our findings demonstrate the superior effects of rewarding cues on visual working memory.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tommaso Palombi, Federica Galli, Francesco Giancamilli, Monica D'Amico, Fabio Alivernini, Luigi Gallo, Pietro Neroni, Marco Predazzi, Giuseppe De Pietro, Fabio Lucidi, Antonio Giordano, Andrea Chirico
Summary: There is an increasing interest in the use of Virtual Reality (VR) technology in literature as an assessment tool for cognitive domains. The ability of VR to automatically calculate scores for tests administered in an immersive virtual environment is a significant advantage as it saves time compared to natural conditions. However, the sense of presence, which arises from the interaction between humans, contextual factors, and the VR environment, could potentially hinder the effectiveness of these practices. This study aims to validate a virtual version of the naturalistic action test and explore the role of sense of presence as a critical factor in the expression of cognitive abilities during VR tasks.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Anesthesiology
Pramote Euasobhon, Raviwon Atisook, Kulsiri Bumrungchatudom, Nantthasorn Zinboonyahgoon, Nattha Saisavoey, Mark P. P. Jensen
Summary: This study examined the stability and validity of four commonly used pain intensity scales (VAS, VRS-6, NRS-11, FPS-R). The results showed that NRS-11 and VAS had better test-retest stability, and NRS-11 demonstrated the highest sensitivity. FPS-R could be considered as an alternative for individuals who may have difficulty understanding or using NRS-11.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Jana Uher
Summary: This article investigates the fundamental issues surrounding rating scales and highlights the problems and crises in psychology research. It suggests developing explicit metatheory and unambiguous terminology, as well as theories that focus on individuals as complex self-organizing systems. The article emphasizes the need for methods that are adapted to the peculiarities of psychological phenomena and advocates for transdisciplinary research to address the crises in psychology.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Maria Sofologi, Georgia Papantoniou, Theodora Avgita, Aikaterina Lyraki, Chrysoula Thomaidou, Harilaos Zaragas, Georgios Ntritsos, Panagiotis Varsamis, Konstantinos Staikopoulos, Georgios Kougioumtzis, Aphrodite Papantoniou, Despina Moraitou
Summary: This paper explores the psychometric properties of the Greek version of the Gifted Rating Scales-Preschool/Kindergarten Form (GRS-P) through data from two samples. The results show that the scales have excellent internal consistency, good factorial and convergent/discriminant validity. Additionally, it is found that the GRS-P is a reliable and valid tool for teachers to assess gifted students in a Greek cultural context.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Manuel Antonio Fernandez, Fidel Rebon-Ortiz, Miguel Saura-Carrasco, Gema Climent, Unai Diaz-Orueta
Summary: This study focused on obtaining normative data for participants aged 8 to 16 who took the Ice Cream test, a virtual reality tool for evaluating executive functions. The study identified three factors of the test, provided descriptive normative groups by age and gender, and found no statistically significant differences between male and female participants. Further analysis suggested grouping participants into different age ranges for Planning, Learning, and Flexibility factors. A confirmatory factor analysis supported the suitability of the three differentiated executive functions measured by the test.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Khai Qing Chua, Rachel Ng, Clarissa L. Q. Sung, Andree Hartanto, Vincent Y. S. Oh, Eddie M. W. Tong
Summary: Contentment, characterized by perceived goal attainment, a sense of having or being enough, and a focus on the present, positively predicts working memory. Other emotions like amusement and hope do not affect working memory.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
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Neurosciences
Abraham D. Killanin, Christine M. Embury, Giorgia Picci, Elizabeth Heinrichs-Graham, Yu-Ping Wang, Vince D. Calhoun, Julia M. Stephen, Tony W. Wilson
Summary: Childhood trauma may impact cognitive development and neural activity related to working memory, particularly in females. This study, using magnetoencephalography, found that younger females with higher trauma levels performed the worst in a verbal working memory task and had stronger positive correlations with age. Furthermore, females with higher childhood trauma exhibited altered alpha wave changes in specific brain regions.
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Substance Abuse
Roberto U. Cofresi, Ashley L. Watts, Jorge S. Martins, Phillip K. Wood, Kenneth J. Sher, Nelson Cowan, Akira Miyake, Bruce D. Bartholow
Summary: The study found that acute alcohol consumption has limited impact on working memory updating, but alcohol may dampen practice effects and interfere with the completion of novel tasks.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Simon Knoebel, Franziska Lautenbach
Summary: Cognitive diagnostics in professional soccer is gaining attention in talent identification and performance enhancement. Previous research focused on general cognitive processes and sport-specific cognitive processes. Combining these approaches, tasks were developed to measure inhibition and cognitive flexibility in a soccer-specific setting. Results show that the soccer-specific n-back task is a potentially valid instrument for assessing working memory and diagnosing the three core executive functions in a consistent soccer-specific setting.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
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Clinical Neurology
Michael Essien, James Lah, Brent D. Weinberg, Jason W. Allen, Ranliang Hu
Summary: This study compared the diagnostic value of automated volumetric software and structured scoring scales in differentiating Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, and subjective cognitive decline. The results showed that entorhinal cortical atrophy and medial temporal atrophy can be useful adjuncts in discriminating Alzheimer's disease from subjective cognitive decline, with reduced cost and implementation challenges compared with automated volumetric software.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NEURORADIOLOGY
(2023)
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Neurosciences
Panagiotis Kourtesis, Sarah E. MacPherson
Summary: This study used immersive virtual reality technology to evaluate event-based and time-based prospective memory, as well as the impact of other cognitive functions on everyday prospective memory. The results showed the importance of delayed recognition, planning, and visuospatial attention in everyday prospective memory functioning.
NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION
(2023)
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Clinical Neurology
Thomas A. Duda, M. Douglas Ris, Keith Owen Yeates, E. Mark Mahone, Jennifer S. Haut, Kimberly P. Raghubar
CHILD NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
(2020)
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Psychology, Clinical
Thomas J. Guilmette, Jerry J. Sweet, Nancy Hebben, Deborah Koltai, E. Mark Mahone, Brenda J. Spiegler, Kirk Stucky, Michael Westerveld, Corwin Boake, Desiree Byrd, Jennifer Haut, Jennifer Koop, David J. Schretlen, Kirk Stucky, Brenda J. Spiegler, Gordon Chelune, Veronica Bordes Edgar, Daryl Fujii, Joseph Snow, Jerry J. Sweet, Deborah Koltai, Michael Westerveld, Laurence Binder, Leigh D. Hagan, Laura Kenealy, Bernice Marcopulos, June Yu Paltzer
CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST
(2020)
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Oncology
Kimberly P. Raghubar, Maria C. Rothhaar, Keith Owen Yeates, E. Mark Mahone, David R. Grosshans, Michael E. Scheurer, M. Douglas Ris
PEDIATRIC BLOOD & CANCER
(2020)
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Clinical Neurology
Harvey S. Singer, Shelley McDermott, Lisa Ferenc, Mathew Specht, E. Mark Mahone
PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
(2020)
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Psychology, Clinical
T. Andrew Zabel, Roshni Rao, Lisa A. Jacobson, Alison E. Pritchard, E. Mark Mahone, Luther Kalb
Summary: This study examined the use of subtests from the WISC-5 to identify youth at risk for Intellectual Disability (ID). The findings suggest that the first several subtests of the WISC-5 can be used to predict Full Scale IQ (FSIQ) and determine the need for further assessment.
CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST
(2022)
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Clinical Neurology
Y. Shishido, E. M. Mahone, L. A. Jacobson
JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
(2020)
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Clinical Neurology
Nicolaas A. Puts, Matthew Ryan, Georg Oeltzschner, Alena Horska, Richard A. E. Edden, E. Mark Mahone
PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH-NEUROIMAGING
(2020)
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Clinical Neurology
T. A. Zabel, L. A. Jacobson, A. E. Pritchard, E. M. Mahone, L. Kalb
Summary: Recent events such as the global pandemic have pushed neuropsychologists to expand their capacity for remote assessments. A study evaluated an online methodology for categorizing pediatric patients based on caregiver-reported impairments, identifying four patient subtypes. Pre-appointment classification of patient complexity may enhance efficient triage and personalized assessment strategies in the future.
CHILD NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
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Neurosciences
Dejan B. Budimirovic, Annette Schlageter, Stela Filipovic-Sadic, Dragana D. Protic, Eran Bram, E. Mark Mahone, Kimberly Nicholson, Kristen Culp, Kamyab Javanmardi, Jon Kemppainen, Andrew Hadd, Kevin Sharp, Tatyana Adayev, Giuseppe LaFauci, Carl Dobkin, Lili Zhou, William Ted Brown, Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, Walter E. Kaufmann, Gary J. Latham
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Clinical Neurology
Marie Moore Channell, Laura J. Mattie, Debra R. Hamilton, George T. Capone, E. Mark Mahone, Stephanie L. Sherman, Tracie C. Rosser, Roger H. Reeves, Luther G. Kalb
Summary: This study used the Down Syndrome Cognition Project database to identify three classes of cognitive and behavioral profiles among individuals with Down syndrome. The largest normative class displayed consistent cognition and adaptive behavior, while the cognitive class showed lower scores and more autism symptomatology. The smallest behavioral class exhibited higher rates of maladaptive behavior and autism symptomatology, but similar cognition levels to the normative class. Gender and household income were the only demographic variables to differ among classes.
JOURNAL OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
(2021)
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Clinical Neurology
C. Chen, K. S. Rosch, K. E. Seymour, D. Crocetti, E. M. Mahone, S. H. Mostofsky
Summary: The study found that boys and girls with ADHD exhibit increased mirror overflow compared to same-sex TD children, with boys with ADHD showing more variable tap times but no diagnostic effect observed in girls.
JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Shannon L. Dean, Laura Tochen, Farhan Augustine, Syed F. Ali, Deana Crocetti, Shreenath Rajendran, Mary E. Blue, E. Mark Mahone, Stewart H. Mostofsky, Harvey S. Singer
Summary: Recent studies suggest that the cerebellum plays a significant role in repetitive behaviors, as evidenced by findings in typically developing children and deer mice. Reduced white matter volume in the posterior cerebellar lobule VI-VII was associated with poorer motor control in children with stereotypies, while an increase in anterior vermis gray matter correlated with higher Stereotypy Severity Scores (SSS). In deer mice, a higher volume of the anterior vermal granular cell layer was linked to increased activity levels, while higher cell counts in the dentate nucleus were observed in high activity animals. These findings emphasize the importance of further investigating the role of the cerebellum in repetitive behaviors.
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Behavioral Sciences
Farhan Augustine, Mary B. Nebel, Stewart H. Mostofsky, E. Mark Mahone, Harvey S. Singer
Summary: Motor stereotypies are repetitive, purposeless movements that can occur not only in children with neurodevelopmental disorders, but also in typically developing children. This study found reduced functional connectivity between prefrontal cortical and striatal regions in children with primary complex motor stereotypies, which may provide a potential mechanism for the presence and persistence of these behaviors in developmentally normal children.
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Clinical Neurology
Erin F. Jones, Alison Pritchard, Lisa A. Jacobson, E. Mark Mahone, T. Andrew Zabel
Summary: Parent-reported satisfaction is important in pediatric neuropsychology, but self-report of patient experience post-assessment has been under-explored. Findings suggest that most referred pediatric patients can independently complete self-report questionnaires and provide varying responses to clinical experiences.
APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY-CHILD
(2022)
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Psychology, Developmental
Ghazala T. Saleem, Jeanne Langan, Jacob McPherson, Beth S. Slomine, E. Mark Mahone, Martha Bridge Denckla, Stacy J. Suskauer
Summary: By conducting an exploratory factor analysis, this study found that the Gaits and Stations variables in the Revised Physical and Neurological Examination of Subtle Signs have construct validity, which can assist in evaluating the constructs of standing postural control in youth with mild neuromotor impairments.
JOURNAL OF MOTOR LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT
(2021)
