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 Clinical Neuropsychologist | 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...

Leveraging relatedness‐based measures in people with language disorders: A scoping review

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, December 17, 2024 | Neuropsychology (general)

Abstract Understanding lexico-semantic processing is crucial for dissecting the complexities of language and its disorders. Relatedness-based measures, or those which investigate the degree of relatedness in meaning between either task items or items produced by...

The efficacy and feasibility of an immersive virtual reality game to train spatial attention orientation after stroke: A stage 2 report

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Friday, December 13, 2024 | Neuropsychology (general)

Abstract Spatial neglect is a post-stroke attention deficit for which there is no evidence-based intervention. Immersive virtual reality (IVR) may increase treatment efficacy, as it allows to train spatial attention in a rich environment. This study evaluated the...

‘I still remember’: Increased categoric autobiographical memories in behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Wednesday, December 11, 2024 | Neuropsychology (general)

Abstract Autobiographical memory is diminished in patients with behavioural variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD), and research has focused on the hampered ability of patients to retrieve specific memories. In this study, we implemented a methodology seeking to...

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

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | 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...

Capturing cognitive capacity in the everyday environment across a continuum of cognitive decline using a smartwatch n-back task and ecological momentary assessment.

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

Neuropsychology, Vol 39(1), Jan 2025, 28-43; doi:10.1037/neu0000984Objective: Cognitive testing using mobile technologies can assist with early detection of cognitive decline. We use ecological momentary assessment to investigate the feasibility, reliability, and...