Can machine learning assist us in the classification of older patients suffering from dementia based on classic neuropsychological tests and a new financial capacity test performance?

by | Thursday, December 19, 2024 | Neuropsychology (general)

Abstract Aims Predicting the diagnosis of an older adult solely based on their financial capacity performance or other neuropsychological test performance is still an open question. The aim of this study is to highlight which tests are of importance in diagnostic...

Decision‐making using the Iowa gambling test in unaffected first‐degree relatives of obsessive‐compulsive disorder: Comparison with healthy controls and patients with obsessive‐compulsive disorder

by | Wednesday, December 18, 2024 | Neuropsychology (general)

Abstract Decision-making has been suggested as an endophenotype candidate for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, few studies have examined whether decision-making under ambiguity is an endophenotype of OCD. This study aimed to investigate decision-making...

Non‐optimal cognitive offloading in schizophrenia in a prospective memory task: Influence of both metacognitive beliefs and cognitive effort avoidance

by | Monday, November 18, 2024 | Neuropsychology (general)

Abstract Cognitive offloading refers to the use of physical action and the external environment to simplify mental demand. One form of this—intention offloading—involves the use of external reminders to support delayed intentions. Both beliefs of poor memory ability...