Neuropsychological Tests - Statistics & numerical data
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Associations between psychological distress, learning, and memory in spouse caregivers of older adults.

15 Sep 2009 Family caregivers of older adults experience high levels of chronic stress and psychological distress, which are known to impair cognition. Very little research, however, has assessed the impact of caregiving on key cognitive outcomes such as ... Read more...

An FMRI study of the effects of psychostimulants on default-mode processing during Stroop task performance in youths with ADHD.

13 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: The authors examined the effect of psychostimulants on brain activity in children and adolescents with ADHD performing the Stroop Color and Word Test. METHOD: The authors acquired 52 functional MRI scans in 16 youths with ADHD who were ... Read more...

Severe Impairment Battery Language scale: a language-assessment tool for Alzheimer's disease patients.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Communication problems are common in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, but instruments to assess these symptoms are limited. Our objective was to create a new scale, based on the language subscale of the Severe Impairment Battery (SIB), ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Neuropsychological Tests - Statistics & numerical data'

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• Associations between psychological distress, learning, and memory in spouse caregivers of older adults. 15 Sep 2009
• An FMRI study of the effects of psychostimulants on default-mode processing during Stroop task performance in youths with ADHD. 13 Sep 2009
• Severe Impairment Battery Language scale: a language-assessment tool for Alzheimer's disease patients. 30 Aug 2009
• Brain activation changes before and after PAP treatment in obstructive sleep apnea. 30 Aug 2009
• The role of occupational complexity in trajectories of cognitive aging before and after retirement. 30 Aug 2009
• Aging minds and twisting attitudes: an fMRI investigation of age differences in inhibiting prejudice. 30 Aug 2009
• Inhibition in language switching: what is inhibited when switching between languages in naming tasks? 30 Aug 2009
• Lack of association between neuropsychological performance and level of psychosis-proneness in an adolescent psychiatric sample. 30 Aug 2009
• Association of time since deployment, combat intensity, and posttraumatic stress symptoms with neuropsychological outcomes following Iraq war deployment. 30 Aug 2009
• Population normative data for the 10/66 Dementia Research Group cognitive test battery from Latin America, India and China: a cross-sectional survey. 24 Aug 2009
• Neurocognitive effects of adjunctive levetiracetam in children with partial-onset seizures: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, noninferiority trial. 19 Aug 2009
• Long-term maintenance of retest learning in young old and oldest old adults. 11 Aug 2009
• [Discriminatory validity and association of the mini-mental test (MMSE) and the memory alteration test (M@T) with a neuropsychological battery in patients with amnestic mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease] 30 Jul 2009
• Cognitive effects of hormonal therapy in early stage breast cancer patients: a prospective study. 30 Jul 2009
• Postconcussive symptoms in OEF-OIF veterans: factor structure and impact of posttraumatic stress. 30 Jul 2009
• The role of attentional networks in voluntary task switching. 30 Jul 2009
• Effort testing in contemporary UK neuropsychological practice. 30 Jul 2009
• Comorbid problems in ADHD: degree of association, shared endophenotypes, and formation of distinct subtypes. Implications for a future DSM. 30 Jul 2009
• Social information processing skills in children with histories of heavy prenatal alcohol exposure. 30 Jul 2009
• Neurocognitive dysfunctions in euthymic bipolar patients with and without prior history of alcohol use. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Neuropsychological Tests'

Definition: Tests designed to assess neurological function associated with certain behaviors. They are used in diagnosing brain dysfunction or damage and central nervous system disorders or injury.

Descriptor UI: D009483

Alternative terms: Neuropsychological Tests; Test, Neuropsychological; Neuropsychologic Tests; Neuropsychologic Test; Test, Neuropsychologic; Tests, Neuropsychologic; Neuropsychological Test; Tests, Neuropsychological; Aphasia Tests; Aphasia Test; Test, Aphasia; Tests, Aphasia; Memory for Designs Test;

Allowable Qualifiers: history; standards; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: F04.711.513;

Online Note: use NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS to search APHASIA 1979-84 & MEMORY FOR DESIGNS TEST 1971-84 (as Prov 1971-72)

History Note: 85; was NON MESH before 1985; MEMORY FOR DESIGNS TEST was heading 1971-84 (Prov 1971-72); APHASIA TESTS was see under LANGUAGE TESTS 1979-84

Technical Notes: DF: NEUROPSYCHOL TESTS