Keller, Amber V Muller-Cohn, Chantal M Austin, Tara A Jak, Amy J Twamley, Elizabeth W
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The Clinical neuropsychologist
Objective: Returning Veterans often have conditions (e.g. posttraumatic stress disorder [PTSD], depression, and history of traumatic brain injury [TBI]) associated with cognitive dysfunction and problems with work, school, housing, and relationships. Rehabilitative efforts in Veterans aim to promote community reintegration, or successful adjustment...
Bunt, Stephen C LoBue, Christian Hynan, Linda S Didehbani, Nyaz Stokes, Mathew Miller, Shane M Bell, Kathleen Cullum, C Munro
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The Clinical neuropsychologist
Objective: Persisting concussion symptoms may adversely affect return to work and functioning in daily activities. This study compared adults who were initially evaluated
Desrichard, Olivier Heiser, Neele Renaud, Olivier Zuber, Sascha Oris, Michel Kliegel, Matthias
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The Clinical neuropsychologist
Objective: Consistent with research on stereotype threat, when examiners' characteristics make a stereotype of the participant group salient, it can hamper participants' performance. We hypothesized that younger examiners represent a subtle element activating age stereotypes, leading older people to perform worse as examiners' age decreases. Method...
Maye, Jacqueline E Van Patten, Ryan Lykins, Hannah C Vella, Lea Mahmood, Zanjbeel Clark, Jillian M R Twamley, Elizabeth W
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The Clinical neuropsychologist
In individuals experiencing homelessness, determinants of functional capacity (i.e. the ability to perform activities of daily living) are poorly understood. Identifying potentially modifiable correlates of functional capacity, such as cognitive abilities, may inform treatment targets to address independence and housing stability. This study aimed ...
Orrù, Graziella De Marchi, Barbara Sartori, Giuseppe Gemignani, Angelo Scarpazza, Cristina Monaro, Merylin Mazza, Cristina Roma, Paolo
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The Clinical neuropsychologist
ObjectiveThis proof-of-concept paper provides evidence to support machine learning (ML) as a valid alternative to traditional psychometric techniques in the development of short forms of longer parent psychological tests. ML comprises a variety of feature selection techniques that can be efficiently applied to identify the set of items that best re...
Torres, Karen Singleton, Michael
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The Clinical neuropsychologist
Objective: Parkinson's disease (PD) and essential tremor (ET) involve neuroanatomical circuitry that impact frontal lobe functioning, via the striatum and cerebellum, respectively. The aim of this exploratory study was to investigate quantitative and qualitative performance between and within these groups on measures of verbal fluency. Method: Sixt...
Ovsiew, Gabriel P Cerny, Brian M Boer, Adam B De Petry, Luke G Resch, Zachary J Durkin, Nicole M Soble, Jason R
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The Clinical neuropsychologist
Objective: Differential diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common referral questions for neuropsychological evaluation but is complicated by the presence of external incentives. Validity assessment is therefore critical in such evaluations, employing symptom validity tests (SVTs) and performance validity...
Kim, Michelle S Torres, Karen Kang, Hyun Jin Drane, Daniel L
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The Clinical neuropsychologist
Objective: While assessment of performance validity is essential to neuropsychological evaluations, use of performance validity tests (PVTs) in an epilepsy population has raised concerns due to factors that may result in performance fluctuations. The current study assessed whether specificity was maintained at previously suggested cutoffs in a conf...
Gómez-Cáceres, Bárbara Cano-López, Irene Aliño, Marta Puig-Perez, Sara
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The Clinical neuropsychologist
Objective: Increased prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has led to a need for new neuropsychological intervention tools in this population. This meta-analysis aimed to learn about the efficacy of virtual reality (VR)-based neuropsychological interventions in improving cognitive functioning in patients with MCI. Method: This review follow...
Aviv, Irit Shorer, Maayan Fennig, Silvana Aviezer, Hillel Singer-Harel, Dana Apter, Alan Pilowsky Peleg, Tammy
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The Clinical neuropsychologist
Background: Acute stress following mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) is highly prevalent and associated with Persistent Post-Concussion symptoms (PPCS). However, the mechanism mediating this relationship is understudied. Objective: To examine whether parental accommodation (i.e. parents' attempts to adjust the environment to the child's difficulti...
