Performance- and report-based measures of executive function as predictors of children’s academic skills.

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Monday, March 10, 2025 | Neuropsychology (general)

Neuropsychology, Vol 39(3), Mar 2025, 214-222; doi:10.1037/neu0000992Objective: Executive function (EF) is thought to be a core component of various cognitive processes. Two common ways to measure EF are through report-based measures that assess EF by collecting...

The temporal organization and quality of life story memories in Alzheimer disease and healthy controls.

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Monday, March 10, 2025 | Neuropsychology (general)

Neuropsychology, Vol 39(3), Mar 2025, 201-213; doi:10.1037/neu0000990Objective: Autobiographical memory has been studied in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by asking for a specified number of memories from a few defined life periods. The present study tests whether a...

Slowly learned but not forgotten: New learning in a case of childhood‐acquired amnesia

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Friday, March 7, 2025 | Neuropsychology (general)

Abstract This case report presents new semantic learning and long-term retention data collected over a 5-year period from an amnesic adolescent boy, CJ. Compared to his younger sister, a novel abbreviation-learning task captured CJ’s slower semantic acquisition...

New onset abnormal eating behaviour following amygdalohippocampal laser ablation for mesial temporal epilepsy

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | Neuropsychology (general)

Abstract We present a patient with left mesial temporal medically refractory epilepsy who developed new onset abnormal eating behaviour following surgical ablation of the left hippocampus and amygdala. The patient underwent a second ablation due to seizure recurrence...

Digit span and Bisyllabic non‐word span: Italian norms

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | Neuropsychology (general)

Abstract We standardized a new version of the Digit span test and the first version of the Bisyllabic non-word span test, both measuring the phonological loop, in an Italian sample of neurologically healthy adults (n = 225). All stimuli were administered to the...

Validation of the computerised battery for neuropsychological evaluation of children (BENCI) in a Cuban sample

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, February 18, 2025 | Neuropsychology (general)

Abstract The aim of this research was to analyse the reliability and validity of the Computerised Battery for Neuropsychological Evaluation of Children (BENCI) in a Cuban population of children and adolescents. The study involved 1714 Cuban students between the ages...