Laterality in tactile working memory: The one‐hand version of the Tactual Span

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Monday, September 2, 2024 | Neuropsychology (general)

Abstract The Tactual Span assesses tactile working memory (WM) using both hands while applying forward and backward conditions. The study objectives were to validate a one-hand version of the Tactual Span and to evaluate WM laterality in the tactile modality. Of the...

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...

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)...