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The Warrington Recognition Memory Test for Words as a Measure of Response Bias: Total Score and Response Time Cutoffs Developed on "Real World" Credible and Noncredible Subjects.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Several studies have examined the usefulness of the Warrington Recognition Memory Test-Words as a measure to detect suspect effort, although samples have generally been small and/or comprised of simulators rather than "real world" credible and noncredible patients. The current study examined the Warrington Recognition Memory Test-Words total score and response time of "real world" noncredible patients (as determined by motive to feign, failure on >2 independent measures of response bias, low cognitive scores inconsistent with normal ADLs; n = 190) versus credible patients (as determined by no motive to feign, failur...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - November 11, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kim MS, Boone KB, Victor T, Marion SD, Amano S, Cottingham ME, Ziegler EA, Zeller MA Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Measuring Post-concussion Symptoms in Adolescents: Feasibility of Ecological Momentary Assessment.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Although there is a large literature examining head trauma in general, several areas remain understudied. Notably, little is known about symptom expression over the course of a day for adolescents recovering from concussion. Furthermore, intra-individual symptom variability has not been well characterized. This pilot study examined the feasibility of a momentary data-gathering method, as well as the sensitivity of the assessment to the subtle and dynamic changes in symptoms of concussion. Six adolescents, three of whom suffered a concussion and three non-injured controls, provided symptom ratings five times per day for...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - November 4, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lewandowski L, Rieger B, Smyth J, Perry L, Gathje R Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Gender-related Differences in Visuospatial Memory Persist in Alzheimer's Disease.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study was designed to determine whether male advantage in active manipulation of visuospatial information can still be evidenced in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Twenty male and 20 female AD patients with equivalent age, education, dementia severity (Mini-Mental State Examination and Mattis Dementia Rating Scale), and visual discrimination abilities were recruited. We administered the forward span of Corsi block-tapping task and Vecchi's matrix memory task involving passive temporary retention of stimuli location. Active manipulation of visuospatial information was assessed with the backward span of Corsi block-tapping ta...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - November 3, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Millet X, Raoux N, Le Carret N, Bouisson J, Dartigues JF, Amieva H Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Neuropsychological Function 5 Years after Cardiac Surgery and the Effect of Psychological Distress.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Research has shown conflicting results with regard to the influence of depression and anxiety on neuropsychological performance following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Notably, the independent effects of depression and anxiety have not been examined among CABG candidates in the longer term where it is has been suggested that these patients show marked cognitive deterioration. A neuropsychological test battery and measures of psychological distress were completed by 86 CABG patients and 50 nonsurgical control participants at baseline and 6 months, whereas 75 patients and 36 controls, respectively, complet...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - October 29, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tully PJ, Baker RA, Knight JL, Turnbull DA, Winefield HR Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Clinical Evaluation of the Mini-Mental State Exam with Culturally Deaf Senior Citizens.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) is commonly used to screen cognitive function in a clinical setting. The measure has been published in over 50 languages; however, the validity and reliability of the MMSE has yet to be assessed with the culturally Deaf elderly population. Participants consisted of 117 Deaf senior citizens, aged 55-89 (M = 69.44, SD = 8.55). Demographic information, including state of residence, age, and history of depression, head injury, and dementia diagnoses, were collected. A standard form of the MMSE was used with modification of test administration and stimuli including translation of English te...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - October 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dean PM, Feldman DM, Morere D, Morton D Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Developing a Spatial Analogue of the Reliable Digit Span.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It is recommended that performance validity be assessed in all neuropsychological cases involving external incentive. The present study sought to develop an embedded performance validity measure based on the Spatial Span task of the Wechsler Memory Scale-III in a sample of litigating persistent postconcussion complainants. The Reliable Spatial Span (RSS) calculation had specificity, sensitivity, and predictive power values within the range of other embedded measures. This finding suggests that RSS is able to distinguish between persistent postconcussion complainants demonstrating valid and invalid performance. Other ca...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - October 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ylioja SG, Baird AD, Podell K Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Intellectual Deficits in Children with ADHD Beyond Central Executive and Non-Executive Functions.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to specify the deficit in intellectual ability in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), by studying the mediating role of impairments in central executive function (EF)-related components (working memory, inhibition, sustained attention) and non-EFs (short-term memory and processing speed). Two hundred and thirty children aged 8-11 years from a population-based sample were assigned to either the ADHD group, the clinical comparison group, or the normal comparison group. The results showed that children with ADHD had poorer fluid and crystallized intelligence, relative to both compar...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - October 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tillman CM, Bohlin G, Sørensen L, Lundervold AJ Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

High Specificity of the Medical Symptom Validity Test in Patients with Very Severe Memory Impairment.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Failure on effort tests usually implies insufficient effort to produce valid cognitive test scores. However, many people with very severe cognitive impairment, such as dementia patients, will produce failing scores on nearly all effort tests. In such patients, effort tests have low specificity. The Medical Symptom Validity Test (MSVT) and the nonverbal MSVT (NV-MSVT) were designed to address this problem. They produce profiles of scores across multiple subtests to facilitate discrimination between low scores from people trying to feign impairment and low scores attributable to severe impairment. To study the specificit...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - October 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Singhal A, Green P, Ashaye K, Shankar K, Gill D Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Cognitive Aging in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Speeded Processing.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Studies have identified generalized slowing in information processing speed as the primary cognitive deficit in multiple sclerosis (MS). Similar changes are also commonly observed in healthy cognitive aging. The present study is the first to examine the combined impact of aging and disease on the course of cognitive slowing. MS patients (N = 245) and healthy controls (N = 188) were assessed using two measures of processing speed (the preliminary word reading and color naming trials of the Stroop). Participants ranging in age from 18 to 74 were grouped into five age cohorts. Slowing in processing speed was evident for p...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - October 8, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bodling AM, Denney DR, Lynch SG Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Examination of the MMPI-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF) Validity Scales in Civil Forensic Settings: Findings from Simulation and Known Group Samples.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study indicates that the MMPI-2-RF over-reporting validity scales are effective at detecting symptom over-reporting in civil forensic settings. PMID: 19797242 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology)
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - September 27, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Wygant DB, Ben-Porath YS, Arbisi PA, Berry DT, Freeman DB, Heilbronner RL Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Changes in Intellectual Functioning Associated with Normal Aging.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined age-related changes on the fourth edition of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale and compared these to the effects seen on the 1955, 1981, and 1997 standardizations of the scales. The most pronounced declines were in measures of processing speed and nonverbal reasoning. Declines in nonverbal reasoning were similar on timed and un-timed measures. Verbal abilities remained relatively stable across the life span. General intelligence as assessed by the Full Scale IQ was reduced about 1 SD by age 75 when corrections for age were removed. Age-related declines have become less pronounced since 1955, particu...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - September 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Miller LJ, Myers A, Prinzi L, Mittenberg W Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

The Diagnostic Accuracy of Symptom Validity Tests when Used with Postsecondary Students with Learning Disabilities: A Preliminary Investigation.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The current exploratory investigation examined the diagnostic accuracy of the Word Memory Test (WMT), Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM), and Word Reading Test (WRT) with three groups of postsecondary students: controls, learning disability (LD) simulators, and a presumed honest LD group. Each measure achieved high overall diagnostic accuracy, yet each contributed differently to suboptimal effort detection. False-negative classifications varied by measure, yet no simulator went undetected by all three tests. The WMT and WRT identified different members of the presumed honest LD group as demonstrating poor effort, wherea...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - September 23, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lindstrom WA, Lindstrom JH, Coleman C, Nelson J, Gregg N Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Test Security in Medicolegal Cases: Proposed Guidelines for Attorneys Utilizing Neuropsychology Practice.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article reviews attorney actions that can affect test security, proposes a distinction by psychology between appropriate and problematic client preparation for a neuropsychological examination, integrates the available legal precedent regarding test security, and suggests productive measures to protect test security in medicolegal settings. PMID: 19778915 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology)
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - September 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Morel KR Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Predictors of Health Status in Nondepressed and Nondemented Individuals with Parkinson's Disease.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Recent studies have shown that self-perceived health status (HS) in Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with motor, cognitive, or mood symptoms, with the greatest association typically occurring with mood. The purpose of this study was to determine if these associations are present in nondepressed and nondemented individuals with PD by using sensitive neuropsychological measures and statistically derived factors from mood and motor scales. The best predictors of poor HS in PD participants (N = 32) without dementia or depression were mood symptoms, specific to self-reported cognitive impairment and anxiety. Bivariate...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - September 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Schiehser DM, Han SD, Lessig S, Song DD, Zizak V, Filoteo JV Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Is the N-Back Task a Valid Neuropsychological Measure for Assessing Working Memory?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We examined convergent validity of the n-back with an established measure of working memory, digit span backward. The relationship between n-back performance and scores on measures of processing speed was also examined, as was the ability of the n-back to detect potential between-groups differences in control and Parkinson's disease (PD) groups. Results revealed no correlation between n-back performance and digit span backward. N-back accuracy significantly correlated with a measure of processing speed (Trail Making Test Part A) at the 2-back load. Relative to controls, PD patients performed less accurately on the n-back a...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - September 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Miller KM, Price CC, Okun MS, Montijo H, Bowers D Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Course of Cognitive Decline in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Within-subjects Design.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In conclusion, a subgroup of patients showed cognitive impairment before HSCT, indicating that factors other than HSCT contributed to cognitive deficits. Another subgroup showed further decline after HSCT. This study demonstrated the utility of the RCI in describing cognitive change in HSCT patients. PMID: 19767298 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology)
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - September 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Friedman MA, Fernandez M, Wefel JS, Myszka KA, Champlin RE, Meyers CA Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Advanced Interpretation of the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery with Older Adults: Base Rate Analyses, Discrepancy Scores, and Interpreting Change.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study is to provide sophisticated psychometric information for advanced interpretation of the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (NAB) with older adults. This information includes the base rates of low scores, intellectual-cognitive discrepancy scores, and a method for determining change. The NAB contains 24 co-normed neurocognitive tests across five domains (i.e., Attention, Language, Memory, Spatial, and Executive Functions); provides 36 primary T-scores, five domain indexes, and a total index score; and was co-normed with a measure of intellectual abilities (Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Sc...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - September 10, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Brooks BL, Iverson GL, White T Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Naming Test of the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery: Convergent and Discriminant Validity.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated the convergent and discriminant validity of the naming subtest of the Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (NAB), a measure of word-finding. Seventy community-dwelling adults age 60 and above completed the NAB naming test (Forms 1 and 2), the Boston Naming Test (BNT), and other measures of verbal and visual memory, visuoperceptual skills, processing speed, and abstraction. The NAB naming test correlated highly with the BNT and with established measures of memory. The BNT correlated more strongly with education and with sex. The BNT correlated more strongly with a measure of visuoperceptual skills t...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - August 20, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yochim BP, Kane KD, Mueller AE Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Executive Functions and the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: On the Importance of Subclinical Symptoms and Other Concomitant Factors.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Although reviews concerning the neuropsychology of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) put great emphasis on impaired executive functioning, the overall conclusions are notoriously divergent. The main goal of the present study was to use a battery of neuropsychological tasks to assess nine cognitive domains with a special focus on executive functions in 40 patients with OCD. A secondary objective was to examine the relationships between clinical or demographic variables and neuropsychological performances. The third goal was to separate executive functions in more homogeneous components to verify whether specific impai...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - August 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bédard MJ, Joyal CC, Godbout L, Chantal S Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Demographic Adjustments for the Spanish Version of the WAIS-III.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Spanish version of the third edition of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-III) by TEA Ediciones is an excellent addition to available instruments for Spanish speakers. The Spanish norms function similarly to US norms for individuals aged 16-35. The norms become increasingly different for individuals 35 and older, seemingly because of the lower levels of formal education of the older Spanish cohorts. Using data from a random half of the Spanish sample, the authors developed regression equations to adjust the scaled scores for individuals with a low level of education. The adjustment is made to the level th...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - August 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Choca JP, Krueger KR, de la Torre GG, Corral S, Garside D Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

The Indiana Faces in Places Test: Preliminary Findings on a New Visuospatial Memory Test in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We examined the preliminary psychometric properties and clinical utility of a novel, motor-free paper and pencil visuospatial memory test, the Indiana faces in places test (IFIPT). The IFIPT and general neuropsychological performance were assessed in 36 adults with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and 113 older adults with no cognitive impairment at baseline, 1 week, and 1 year. The IFIPT is a visual memory test with 10 faces paired with spatial locations (three learning trials and non-cued delayed recall). Results showed that MCI participants scored lower than controls on several variables, most notably total lea...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - August 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Beglinger LJ, Duff K, Moser DJ, Cross SA, Kareken DA Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Development of Set-Shifting Ability from Late Childhood Through Early Adulthood.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This cross-sectional study examined the development of set-shifting ability from childhood into early adulthood. Six hundred and forty-nine participants (aged 8-30) were assessed on the verbal fluency, design fluency, trail making, color-word interference, and card sorting subtests of the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS). Multiple regression analyses revealed modest effects of age and gender on set-shifting tasks, after controlling for IQ and component skills. The current study provides evidence for generally increased performance of set-shifting abilities through adolescence. Women overall had statistic...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - August 12, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kalkut EL, Han SD, Lansing AE, Holdnack JA, Delis DC Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Executive Functioning in Twins with Bipolar I Disorder and Healthy Co-Twins.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aims of the study were to compare performance of twins with bipolar disorder (BPD) and healthy co-twins in neuropsychological tests assessing various aspects of executive functioning and to examine the relationship of clinical factors with executive functions. Twenty-six euthymic BPD twins, 19 co-twins, and 114 control twins were examined using the Stroop test, the Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST), the trail making test (TMT), and semantic and phonemic verbal fluency tests. BPD twins and co-twins performed worse than controls in the Stroop test. BPD twins scored lower than controls in semantic fluency. Clinical f...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - August 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Juselius S, Kieseppä T, Kaprio J, Lönnqvist J, Tuulio-Henriksson A Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Spanish Multicenter Normative Studies (NEURONORMA Project): Norms for the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (Copy and Memory), and Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
JM, Blesa R, The Rey-Osterrieth complex figure (ROCF) and the free and cued selective reminding test (FCSRT) are frequently used in clinical practice. The ROCF assesses visual perception, constructional praxis, and visuospatial memory, and the FCSRT assesses verbal learning and memory. As part of the Spanish Normative Studies (NEURONORMA), we provide age- and education-adjusted norms for the ROCF (copy and memory) and for the FCSRT. The sample consists of 332 and 340 participants, respectively, who are cognitively normal, community dwelling, and ranging in age from 50 to 94 years. Tables are provided to convert raw s...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - August 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peña-Casanova J, Gramunt-Fombuena N, Quiñones-Úbeda S, Sánchez-Benavides G, Aguilar M, Badenes D, Molinuevo JL, Robles A, Barquero MS, Payno M, Antúnez C, Martínez-Parra C, Frank-García A, Fernández M, Alfonso V, So Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Spanish Multicenter Normative Studies (NEURONORMA Project): Norms for the Stroop Color-Word Interference Test and the Tower of London-Drexel.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
, As part of the NEURONORMA project, we provide age- and education-adjusted norms for the Stroop color-word interference test (SCWT)-Golden version and the Tower of London-Drexel University version (TOL(DX)). The sample consists of 344 and 347 participants, respectively, who are cognitively normal, community dwelling, and ranging in age from 50 to 90 years. Tables are provided to convert raw scores to age-adjusted scaled scores. These were further converted into education-adjusted scaled scores by applying regression-based adjustments. Demographic variables, age, and education significantly affect scores of the SWCT a...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - August 5, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peña-Casanova J, Quiñones-Úbeda S, Gramunt-Fombuena N, Quintana M, Aguilar M, Molinuevo JL, Serradell M, Robles A, Barquero MS, Payno M, Antúnez C, Martínez-Parra C, Frank-García A, Fernández M, Alfonso V, Sol JM, Blesa Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Spanish Multicenter Normative Studies (NEURONORMA Project): Norms for Verbal Span, Visuospatial Span, Letter and Number Sequencing, Trail Making Test, and Symbol Digit Modalities Test.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
M, Blesa R, As part of the Spanish Multicenter Normative Studies (NEURONORMA project), we provide age- and education-adjusted norms for the following instruments: verbal span (digits), visuospatial span (Corsi's test), letter-number sequencing (WAIS-III), trail making test, and symbol digit modalities test. The sample consists of 354 participants who are cognitively normal, community-dwelling, and age ranging from 50 to 90 years. Tables are provided to convert raw scores to age-adjusted scaled scores. These were further converted into education-adjusted scaled scores by applying regression-based adjustments. The curre...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - August 4, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peña-Casanova J, Quiñones-Úbeda S, Quintana-Aparicio M, Aguilar M, Badenes D, Molinuevo JL, Torner L, Robles A, Barquero MS, Villanueva C, Antúnez C, Martínez-Parra C, Frank-García A, Sanz A, Fernández M, Alfonso V, Sol Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Spanish Multicenter Normative Studies (NEURONORMA Project): Norms for Boston Naming Test and Token Test.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
a R, As part of the Spanish Multicenter Normative Studies (NEURONORMA project), we provide age- and education-adjusted norms for the Boston naming test and Token test. The sample consists of 340 and 348 participants, respectively, who are cognitively normal, community-dwelling, and ranging in age from 50 to 94 years. Tables are provided to convert raw scores to age-adjusted scaled scores. These were further converted into education-adjusted scaled scores by applying regression-based adjustments. Age and education affected the score of the both tests, but sex was found to be unrelated to naming and verbal comprehension...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - July 31, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peña-Casanova J, Quiñones-Úbeda S, Gramunt-Fombuena N, Aguilar M, Casas L, Molinuevo JL, Robles A, Rodríguez D, Barquero MS, Antúnez C, Martínez-Parra C, Frank-García A, Fernández M, Molano A, Alfonso V, Sol JM, Ble Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Spanish Multicenter Normative Studies (NEURONORMA Project): Norms for Verbal Fluency Tests.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
, Sol JM, Blesa R, Lexical fluency tests are frequently used in clinical practice to assess language and executive function. As part of the Spanish multicenter normative studies (NEURONORMA project), we provide age- and education-adjusted norms for three semantic fluency tasks (animals, fruit and vegetables, and kitchen tools), three formal lexical tasks (words beginning with P, M, and R), and three excluded letter fluency tasks (excluded A, E, and S). The sample consists of 346 participants who are cognitively normal, community dwelling, and ranging in age from 50 to 94 years. Tables are provided to convert raw score...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - July 31, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peña-Casanova J, Quiñones-Úbeda S, Gramunt-Fombuena N, Quintana-Aparicio M, Aguilar M, Badenes D, Cerulla N, Molinuevo JL, Ruiz E, Robles A, Barquero MS, Antúnez C, Martínez-Parra C, Frank-García A, Fernández M, Alfonso Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Spanish Multicenter Normative Studies (NEURONORMA Project): Norms for the Visual Object and Space Perception Battery-Abbreviated, and Judgment of Line Orientation.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study forms part of the Spanish Multicenter Normative Studies (NEURONORMA project). Normative data for people aged over 49 years are presented for selected tasks of the visual object and space perception battery (VOSP) and for the judgment of line orientation (JLO) test. Age-adjusted norms were derived from a sample of 341 participants who are cognitively normal and community-dwelling. Age- and education-adjusted norms are also provided. Years of education were modeled on age-scaled scores to derive regression equations that were applied for further demographic adjustments. The normative information provided here shou...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - July 31, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peña-Casanova J, Quintana-Aparicio M, Quiñones-Úbeda S, Aguilar M, Molinuevo JL, Serradell M, Robles A, Barquero MS, Villanueva C, Antúnez C, Martínez-Parra C, Frank-García A, Aguilar MD, Fernández M, Alfonso V, Sol JM, Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Relationship of Prospective Memory to Neuropsychological Function and Antiretroviral Adherence.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Prospective memory is defined as the ability to "remember to remember" something at a future time despite intervening distractions and may be particularly important in remembering to take prescribed medication among people infected with HIV. Ninety-seven HIV-positive participants in a clinical trial had their adherence measured by electronic pillcaps and were administered neuropsychological screening tests and the memory for intentions screening test (MIST). Factor analysis of the MIST and other neuropsychological measures identified four factors. Two were derived from MIST subscales and accounted for approximately 50%...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - July 30, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Contardo C, Black AC, Beauvais J, Dieckhaus K, Rosen MI Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

On Becoming a Peer Reviewer for a Neuropsychology Journal.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The peer-review process is an invaluable service provided by the professional community, and it provides the critical foundation for the advancement of science. However, there is remarkably little systematic guidance for individuals who wish to become part of this process. This paper, written from the perspective of reviewers and editors with varying levels of experience, provides general guidelines and advice for new reviewers in neuropsychology, as well as outlining benefits of participation in this process. It is hoped that the current information will encourage individuals at all levels to become involved in peer-r...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - July 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Duff K, O'Bryant SE, Westervelt HJ, Sweet JJ, Reynolds CR, van Gorp WG, Tranel D, McCaffrey RJ Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Short Cognitive Performance Test: Diagnostic Accuracy and Education Bias in Older Brazilian Adults.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The "Short Cognitive Performance Test" (Syndrom Kurztest, SKT) is a cognitive screening battery designed to detect memory and attention deficits. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the SKT as a screening tool for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia. A total of 46 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), 82 with MCI, and 56 healthy controls were included in the study. Patients and controls were allocated into two groups according to educational level (</=8 years or >8 years). ROC analyses suggested that the SKT adequately discriminates AD from non-demented subjects (MCI and co...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - July 28, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Flaks MK, Forlenza OV, Pereira FS, Viola LF, Yassuda MS Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Rhythm Reproduction in Kindergarten, Reading Performance at Second Grade, and Developmental Dyslexia Theories.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Temporal processing deficit could be associated with a specific difficulty in learning to read. In 1951, Stambak provided preliminary evidence that children with dyslexia performed less well than good readers in reproduction of 21 rhythmic patterns. Stambak's task was administered to 1,028 French children aged 5-6 years. The score distribution (from 0 to 21) was quasi-normal, with some children failing completely and other performing perfectly. In second grade, reading was assessed in 695 of these children. Kindergarten variables explained 26% of the variance of the reading score at second grade. The Stambak score was ...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - July 21, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dellatolas G, Watier L, Le Normand MT, Lubart T, Chevrie-Muller C Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Reference Data for the Word Memory Test.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Many studies have evaluated the utility of the Word Memory Test (WMT) as a symptom validity test. However, there is a lack of reference data for the WMT conventional memory subtests. The present study examined the demographic characteristics that influence performance on these subtests, in order to develop demographically corrected reference data. For this purpose, we administered the Dutch version of the WMT to 115 healthy Dutch controls, aged 20-80 years. Furthermore, we demonstrated the equivalence of the English and Dutch language versions of the WMT. Stepwise linear regression analyses of the combined Canadian and...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - July 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rienstra A, Spaan PE, Schmand B Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Digit Span Age Scaled Score in Middle-Aged Military Veterans: Is It More Closely Associated with TOMM Failure than Reliable Digit Span?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The relative usefulness of two digit span (DS) variables in detecting negative response bias, as defined by below cut-off performance on the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM), was examined among primarily middle-aged military veteran outpatients who were judged clinically to be at increased risk for displaying negative response bias on cognitive testing. Digit span variables included DS Age Scaled Score (DS Age SS) and Reliable DS. Findings from this retrospective data analysis (N = 46) suggest that DS Age SS is preferable for use over Reliable DS in predicting TOMM failure. Results of the current study suggest that, p...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - July 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Whitney KA, Davis JJ, Shepard PH, Bertram DM, Adams KM Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

White Matter Abnormalities and Cognition in a Community Sample.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
We examined linear and nonlinear effects of WMH volumes on cognition in 253 reasonably healthy adults. After adjusting for demographic characteristics and total brain volumes, WMH burden was not associated with cognition in those aged 20-59. In participants aged 60 and older, models accounted for >/=58% of the variance in performance on tests of working memory, processing speed, fluency, and fluid intelligence, and WMH volumes accounted for variance beyond that explained by age and other demographic characteristics. Larger increases in WMH burden over 5 years also were associated with steeper cognitive declines over the...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - July 17, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Vannorsdall TD, Waldstein SR, Kraut M, Pearlson GD, Schretlen DJ Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Coin Rotation Task (CRT): A New Test of Motor Dexterity.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Coin-rotation task (CRT), a measure of rapid, coordinated finger movements, was devised as a convenient, easily administered bedside test of motor dexterity; however, very little psychometric data exist regarding this task. The current project was undertaken to (a) provide preliminary normative data, (b) examine the convergent and discriminant validity of the task when compared with other standardized motor measures, and (c) examine the diagnostic accuracy of the CRT. The sample of 86 male participants included 60 controls and 26 patients with unilateral lesions of the left (n = 13) and right (n = 13) hemispheres. The ...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - July 9, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mendoza JE, Apostolos GT, Humphreys JD, Hanna-Pladdy B, O'Bryant SE Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

A New Emotional Stroop-Like Task: Application to the Down Syndrome Population.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present study proposed to test the applicability of a new emotional Stroop-like paradigm among 49 adults with Down syndrome (DS), matched with typically developing children on gender and receptive vocabulary. Stimuli with neutral and emotional content were presented in two identical computerized tasks. This experimental design allowed comparisons of inhibition performance according to the nature of the material. Main results showed that the DS group processed the emotional material more poorly than the control group in the inhibition condition, whereas all participants performed near or at ceiling in the control co...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - July 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hippolyte L, Iglesias K, Barisnikov K Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

The Contribution of Executive Control on Verbal-Learning Impairment in Patients with Parkinson's Disease with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Deficits in learning, memory, and executive functions are common cognitive sequelae of Parkinson's disease with dementia (PDD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, the pattern of deficits within these populations is distinct. Hierarchical regression was used to investigate the contribution of two measures with executive function properties (Verbal Fluency and CLOX) on list-learning performance (CVLT-II total words learned) in a sample of 25 PDD patients and 25 matched AD patients. Executive measures were predictive of list learning in the PDD group after the contribution of overall cognition and contextual verbal lea...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - July 7, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: O'Brien TJ, Wadley V, Nicholas AP, Stover NP, Watts R, Griffith HR Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

The Canonical Relationship Between Sensory-Motor Functioning and Cognitive Processing in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the relationships between sensory-motor tasks, cognitive processing, and academic achievement for a group of 67 children with ADHD. Strong canonical correlations emerged between sensory-motor functioning and academic achievement (.93) and sensory-motor functioning and cognitive processing (.98). An analysis of the redundancy coefficient showed that sensory-motor skills accounted for 65% of the variance in the achievement variables and 31% of the variance in the cognitive processing variables. The strong relationship between sensory-motor skills and higher order cognitive processes indicates that early a...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - July 1, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Davis AS, Pass LA, Finch WH, Dean RS, Woodcock RW Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Concussion Symptom Inventory: an empirically derived scale for monitoring resolution of symptoms following sport-related concussion.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Self-report post-concussion symptom scales have been a key method for monitoring recovery from sport-related concussion, to assist in medical management, and return-to-play decision-making. To date, however, item selection and scaling metrics for these instruments have been based solely upon clinical judgment, and no one scale has been identified as the "gold standard". We analyzed a large set of data from existing scales obtained from three separate case-control studies in order to derive a sensitive and efficient scale for this application by eliminating items that were found to be insensitive to concussion. Baseline...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - June 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Randolph C, Millis S, Barr WB, McCrea M, Guskiewicz KM, Hammeke TA, Kelly JP Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status Effort Index performance in a medically ill geriatric sample.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Using a sample of 44 clinically referred, non-litigating, older adults, we evaluated the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status Effort Index [RBANS EI; Silverberg, N. D., Wertheimer, J. C., & Fichtenberg, N. L. (2007). An effort index for the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neurospcyhological Status (RBANS). The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 21, 841-854]. With the current RBANS EI cut-score guidelines, 31% of our sample was classified as putting forth suspect effort. With this, cognitive ability was significantly correlated with suspect effort scores. Thus, it appears that the cur...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - June 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hook JN, Marquine MJ, Hoelzle JB Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Spanish Multicenter Normative Studies (NEURONORMA Project): Methods and Sample Characteristics.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This paper describes the methods and sample characteristics of a series of Spanish normative studies (The NEURONORMA project). The primary objective of our research was to collect normative and psychometric information on a sample of people aged over 49 years. The normative information was based on a series of selected, but commonly used, neuropsychological tests covering attention, language, visuo-perceptual abilities, constructional tasks, memory, and executive functions. A sample of 356 community dwelling individuals was studied. Demographics, socio-cultural, and medical data were collected. Cognitive normality and...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - June 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Peña-Casanova J, Blesa R, Aguilar M, Gramunt-Fombuena N, Gómez-Ansón B, Oliva R, Molinuevo JL, Robles A, Barquero MS, Antúnez C, Martínez-Parra C, Frank-García A, Fernández M, Alfonso V, Sol JM, Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Memory functioning in developmental dyslexia: An analysis using two clinical memory measures.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The goals of this project were threefold: to determine the nature of the memory deficit in children/adolescents with dyslexia, to utilize clinical memory measures in this endeavor, and to determine the extent to which semantic short-term memory (STM) is related to basic reading performance. Two studies were conducted using different samples, one incorporating the Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning and the other incorporating the California Verbal Learning Test-Children's Version. Results suggest that phonological STM is deficient in children with dyslexia, but semantic STM and visual-spatial STM are intact. L...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - June 22, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kibby MY Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

The Medical Symptom Validity Test in the evaluation of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom soldiers: a preliminary study.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The clinical utility of the Medical Symptom Validity Test (MSVT) for soldiers returning from service in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom was preliminarily investigated through retrospective chart review. Results showed that 17%, or 4 of 23, Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom patients at a Polytrauma Network Site (Level 2), performed below cut-offs on the MSVT. On "easy" subtests of the MSVT, the group of individuals who failed the MSVT performed significantly worse than the group of individuals who passed. However, there were no significant group differences on the "hard" subtests o...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - March 1, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Whitney KA, Shepard PH, Williams AL, Davis JJ, Adams KM Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Professional considerations for improving the neuropsychological evaluation of Hispanics: a National Academy of Neuropsychology education paper.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In a national survey, 82% of U.S. neuropsychologists who offered services to Hispanics self-reported inadequate preparation to work with this population (Echemendia, Harris, Congett, Diaz, & Puente, 1997). The purpose of this paper is to improve the quality and accessibility of neuropsychological services for Hispanic people living in the United States by giving guidance for service delivery, training, and organizational policy. General guidance towards this end comes from professional ethics for psychologists and interpreters/translators, federal civil rights law, the International Test Commission, and the Office...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - March 1, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Judd T, Capetillo D, Carrión-Baralt J, Mármol LM, Miguel-Montes LS, Navarrete MG, Puente AE, Romero HR, Valdés J, Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Validity of the CogState brief battery: relationship to standardized tests and sensitivity to cognitive impairment in mild traumatic brain injury, schizophrenia, and AIDS dementia complex.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the validity of the four standard psychological paradigms that have been operationally defined within the CogState brief computerized cognitive assessment battery. Construct validity was determined in a large group of healthy adults. CogState measures of processing speed, attention, working memory, and learning showed strong correlations with conventional neuropsychological measures of these same constructs (r's = .49 to .83). Criterion validity was determined by examining patterns of performance on the CogState tasks in groups of individuals with mild head injury, schizophrenia, and AIDS dementia compl...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - March 1, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Maruff P, Thomas E, Cysique L, Brew B, Collie A, Snyder P, Pietrzak RH Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Neuropsychology in New York City (1930-1960).Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19435732 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology)
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - March 1, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Goldstein G Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Using an implicit memory task to estimate premorbid memory.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Clinicians are often asked to determine if significant memory loss has occurred. Clinical judgment figures prominently in making these determinations, because there is no accepted, objective method for estimating premorbid memory. Two studies were designed to explore the utility of an implicit memory task, Anagrams Solutions, for estimating premorbid memory ability. A secondary goal was to identify predictors of immediate and delayed memory measured by the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status using selected intellectual (IQ) and demographic variables. Participants in both studies were admi...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - March 1, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Hilsabeck RC, Sutker PB Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals

Secretive recording of neuropsychological testing and interviewing: official position of the National Academy of Neuropsychology.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Neuropsychologists are occasionally asked to have neuropsychological testing observed via the presence of a third party, through one-way mirrors, or with audio or video monitoring or recording devices. The primary reasons for not allowing observation are its effect on the validity of the examination results and the security of copyrighted test materials. To overcome the problem of observer effects on the examinee's performance, some individuals have suggested that examinations be monitored or recorded without the examinee's awareness (i.e., secretly). However, secretive recording of neuropsychological interviews and t...
Source: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology - February 1, 2009 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bush SS, Pimental PA, Ruff RM, Iverson GL, Barth JT, Broshek DK, Tags: Arch Clin Neuropsychol Source Type: journals