The association of sociodemographic factors with total and item-level semantic fluency metrics.

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Thursday, August 29, 2024 | Neuropsychology (general)

Neuropsychology, Vol 38(7), Oct 2024, 665-678; doi:10.1037/neu0000955Objective: We aimed to estimate the association of age, education, and sex/gender with semantic fluency performance as measured by the standard total number of words as well as novel item-level...

Cognitive dispersion and its functional relevance in behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia and prodromal behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia.

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Thursday, August 29, 2024 | Neuropsychology (general)

Neuropsychology, Vol 38(7), Oct 2024, 637-652; doi:10.1037/neu0000969Objective: Executive dysfunction is characteristic of behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) but can be challenging to detect. Dispersion-based intraindividual variability (IIV-d) is...

Negative global metacognitive biases are associated with depressive and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and improve with targeted or game-based cognitive training.

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Thursday, August 29, 2024 | Neuropsychology (general)

Neuropsychology, Vol 38(7), Oct 2024, 622-636; doi:10.1037/neu0000967Objective: Metacognition is disrupted in several clinical populations. One aspect of metacognition, global metacognitive bias (difference between objective and self-reported abilities), has shown to...

Nonpharmacological treatment for older adults with mild cognitive impairment: Considerations for culturally informed clinical practice and research.

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Thursday, August 29, 2024 | Neuropsychology (general)

Neuropsychology, Vol 38(7), Oct 2024, 609-621; doi:10.1037/neu0000965Objective: Numerous nonpharmacological treatments (NPTs) have been developed for older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Two forms of cognition-focused NPTs, cognitive rehabilitation (CR)...

The effect of aging on the dual-route model of emotion processing applied to memory recognition.

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Thursday, August 29, 2024 | Neuropsychology (general)

Neuropsychology, Vol 38(7), Oct 2024, 679-686; doi:10.1037/neu0000972Objective: Emotional faces are automatically processed in the human brain through a cortical route (conscious processing based on high spatial frequencies, HSF) and a subcortical route (subliminal...

Prospective memory functions in traumatic brain injury: The role of neuropsychological deficits, metamemory and impaired self‐awareness

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, August 27, 2024 | Neuropsychology (general)

Abstract A large body of evidence suggests that individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have significant difficulties with prospective memory (PM), the memory for future intentions. However, the processes underlying this cognitive deficit remain unclear. This...