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Eiselen, Sue Catherine. "Neuropsychological toxicology a theoretical overview of neuropsychological assessment /." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10162007-133533.

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Rattan, Arlene I. "A self-report measure of neuropsychological symptomology : the neuropsychological symptom inventory." Virtual Press, 1987. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/558345.

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The purpose of the study was to investigate the perceived anxiety experienced by coronary care nurses working eight- and 12-hour work shifts. It was hypothesized that length of shift work affects the before- and after-shift anxiety for nurses working eight or 12-hour work shifts. Anxiety differences between the eight- and 12-hour work shifts were examined as well as differences between the before- and after-shift anxiety for each length of shift.Thirty-two (32) coronary care nurses from a general medical and surgical hospital in the Midwest volunteered to participate in the research. The sample consisted of all females (18 Registered Nurses, nine Licensed Practical Nurses, three charge nurses, a supervisory nurse, and a rehabilitation nurse). The nurses had voluntarily selected the eight- or 12-hour length of shift work and understood that they would be committed to work that shift for one year. Twelve nurses worked the eight-hour shift; 20 nurses chose the new 12-hour shift.The State Anxiety Inventory (SAI) was used to measure the nurses' before- and after-shift anxiety. Baseline data were collected from the nurses prior to the initiation of the 12-hour shift. The Box-Jenkins Time Series Analysis was used to analyze the daily before- and after-shift anxiety scores and to establish a forecasted trend for both the eight- and 12-hour shifts.The first finding was that the before-shift anxiety scores for the eight-hour workers declined, while the anxiety scores for the 12-hour workers increased, following the implementation of the 12-hour shift. The same trend was forecast for the after-shift anxiety scores. The eight-hour nurses' after-shift anxiety scores declined while the 12-hour nurses' anxiety scores increased. A transfer function was conducted for both the eight-hour and 12-hour before- and after-shift anxiety scores. No predictive trend could be established for the eight-hour anxiety scores; however, the 12-hour after-shift anxiety scores were found to be consistently higher than before-shift anxiety scores.
Department of Educational Psychology
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Evans, Jonathan J. "Neuropsychological mechanisms of very long term memory loss : a cognitive neuropsychological case study approach." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.392639.

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Hillis, Sarah. "Neuropsychological concomitants of major depression." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/nq23994.pdf.

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Zakzanis, Konstantine K. "Neuropsychological profiles of dementia syndromes." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0005/NQ43459.pdf.

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Clark, Luke. "Neuropsychological investigations in bipolar disorder." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.368012.

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Ho, Nim-chee Annie. "Neuropsychological functioning after temporal lobectomy." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29725537.

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Pau, Wai-ho Charles. "Heroin use and neuropsychological functions." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1998. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29726566.

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Sutterby, Scott. "NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING IN SOCIAL PHOBIA." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2009. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/4061.

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The purpose of the current study was to clarify the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying social phobia. Previous research has identified some specific group differences in neurocognitive functioning between individuals diagnosed with social phobia and nonpsychiatric controls, but has failed to administer a comprehensive neuropsychological battery to a social phobia patient group, resulting in a piecemeal understanding of the neurocognitive functioning of this population and an incomplete picture of the neuropsychological profile inherent to this group. The present research utilized a broader collection of neuropsychological tests to assess nine cognitive domains: Verbal Learning, Verbal Delayed Memory, Visual Immediate Memory, Visual Delayed Memory, Visual-Spatial Processing, Verbal Working Memory, Visual Working Memory, Executive Functioning, and Attention. A mixed analysis of variance (ANOVA) did not reveal a significant group by cognitive domain interaction, nor a significant main effect of group. As this was the first study to examine multiple cognitive domains in a single sample of individuals with generalized social phobia, exploratory univariate analyses were performed to examine group differences for the specific cognitive domains. This revealed significant group differences specific to the Visual Working Memory domain, with the social phobia group scoring significantly lower than the nonpsychiatric control group. Implications of these findings and directions for future research are discussed.
M.S.
Department of Psychology
Sciences
Psychology PhD
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Liddiard, Heather. "Neuropsychological deficits following opiate addiction." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.246051.

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Rahman, Qasi. "Neuropsychological differentiation of sexual orientation." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.397409.

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Sherman, Elisabeth Mary Suzanne. "Neuropsychological correlates of social skills." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/9778.

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Case studies and a small number of group studies in the neuropsychological literature on adults and children with brain dysfunction suggest that certain cognitive skills are important determinants of social skills. However, standardised measures of social skills designed expressly to measure this construct have not been used previously in the neuropsychological field. The goal of this study was to determine neuropsychological correlates of social skills in children referred for neuropsychological assessment, and compare the findings to the cognitive skills identified in social information processing models from developmental and clinical psychology. In younger children (6 to 9 years), only a measure of conceptual ability was related to social skills. However, from a clinical standpoint, differences in conceptual skills between socially impaired and socially skilled children were minimal. In older children (10 to 13 years), sustained attention and verbal reasoning were strong, unique predictors of social skills. However, only differences in sustained attention between socially skilled and unskilled children were clinically significant. Results were discussed with regards to 1) social information processing models, 2) the effect of age on the cognitive correlates of social skills; and 3) the relationship between insight and social skills.
Graduate
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Liff, Christine D. "The Detection of Neuropsychological Malingering." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2003. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4309/.

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The present study compared the responses of a group of simulating malingerers who were offered a monetary incentive to feign symptoms of a head injury, with the responses of head injured groups both with and without litigation, a forensic parole group, and an honest-responding control group. The following six neuropsychological measures were utilized: Rey 15-Item Memory Test, Controlled Oral Word Association Test, Finger Oscillation Test, WAIS-R Neuropsychological Instrument (Vocabulary, Information, and Similarities subtests), Booklet Category Test, and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test. The statistical concepts of floor effect, performance curve, and magnitude of error were examined. Additionally, the statistical differences in the responses of the five groups were analyzed to determine cutting scores for use in distinguishing malingerers from nonmalingerers.
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Rascovsky, Katya. "Neuropsychological aspects of frontotemporal dementia /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p3167837.

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Ghatan, Per Hamid. "Imaging brain functions during neuropsychological testing /." Stockholm, 1997. http://diss.kib.ki.se/1997/91-628-2792-8.

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Wassenberg, Renske. "Differential cognitive development: a neuropsychological approach." Maastricht : Maastricht : Neuropsych Publishers ; University Library, Universiteit Maastricht [host], 2007. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=8689.

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Kwan, Kwok-loi Queenie, and 關幗萊. "Neuropsychological status of people abusing substance." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45590175.

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Lai, Duen-mun, and 黎端敏. "The neuropsychological basis of pathological gambling." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B46480456.

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Goodall, William Christopher. "Neuropsychological studies of reading and writing." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/59.

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This thesis investigates the reading and writing of two patients with brain injuries due to cerebro-vascular accidents. Background tests show both patients to be moderately anomic and to have severe impairments in reading and writing nonwords. Investigations of the locus of impairment in AN's nonword reading showed her to have normal orthographic analysis capabilities but impairments in converting single and multiple graphemes into phonemes and in phonemic blending. The central issue studied was the role of lexical but non-semantic processes in reading aloud, writing to dictation and copying. For this purpose a "familiar nonword" paradigm was developed in which the patients learned to read or write a small set of nonwords either with or without any associated semantics. Both AN and AM were able to learn to read nonwords to which no meanings were attached but they could still not read novel nonwords. Both patients were unable to report any meanings for the familiar nonwords when they read them and there was no evidence that learning to read them improved their sub-lexical processing abilities. These results are evidence for a direct lexical route from print to sound that is dedicated to processing whole familiar words. It was also shown with AN that if nonwords are given meanings then learning is faster than if they are not given meanings. Experiments designed to test the hypothesis that nonwords are read by analogy to words found no support for it. Both patients have severe impairments in writing novel nonwords to dictation. As they can repeat spoken nonwords after they have failed to write them, this is not due to a short-term memory impairment. Despite their nonword writing impairments, both patients were able to write to dictation the meaningless nonwords that they had previously learned to read at the first attempt, and AN did so one month after learning to read them. Neither patient however, could write novel nonwords made by reordering the letters of the familiar nonwords. Furthermore, the familiar nonwords used spellings that are of a priori low probability. The familiar nonwords must therefore have been written using lexical knowledge. Tests of semantic association showed that the familiar nonwords evoked no semantic information that the patients could report. Function words dictated to AN evoked little semantic information but she wrote them to dictation significantly better than nonwords made by reordering their letters. These results are evidence for a direct lexical route for writing to dictation. Copying was studied both with and without a five second delay between presentation and response. AN was better at delayed copying of meaningless but familiar nonwords than she was at copying novel nonwords. She was also better at delayed copying of six-letter, bi-syllabic nonwords that she had been trained to copy than she was at copying novel nonwords made by recombining the first and second halves of the familiar nonwords such that these halves retained their positions from the parent nonwords. AN was better at copying function words than nonwords made by reordering their letters. She was also better at copying function words than she was at reading or writing them to dictation. These results are evidence for a direct lexical route for copying. AN and AM were both able to write to dictation nonwords that they had never heard or written before but with which they had been made visually familiar during a visual discrimination task. They must have used lexical knowledge to do so because the spellings used were of a priori very low probability. The creation of lexical orthographic information which can be retrieved from novel auditory input raises difficulties for current models and various possible interpretations are discussed. Finally, some of the possible implications of the re-learning abilities shown by these patients, for rehabilitation procedures are discussed briefly.
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Upton, Dominic Richard Barrie. "Neuropsychological aspects of frontal lobe epilepsy." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309291.

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Stuart, Sarah Ann. "Investigating cognitive neuropsychological mechanisms in depression." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.658867.

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Recent evidence from studies using cognitive neuropsychological testing in human depression suggests that specific cognitive mechanisms play an important role in the development and perpetuation of depressive illness. These studies suggest that quantifying objective measures of affective state and affective processing may provide a new opportunity for developing translational animal models. This thesis describes the validation of a novel behavioural approach, the affective bias test CABT) designed to facilitate the investigation of cognitive affective processing biases in rodents. Pharmacological and psychosocial anti- and prodepressant treatments were shown to induce affective biases that are predictive of their effects in man. These effects were shown to increase with successive experiences encountered during affective treatment, and the data suggest that the treatments may act by modifying the consolidation of affective memory. The NMDA antagonist ketamine was observed to attenuate acquired negative affective biases via disruption of neurotransmission in the prefrontal cortex, while the monoamine reuptake inhibitor venlafaxine positively biased new learning through actions in the amygdala. This pattern of results suggests that the neuropsychological mechanisms of delayed- and rapid-onset antidepressants are neurally and temporally dissociated. A pilot study was also conducted to investigate the hypothesis that negative affective biases induced by prolonged negative affective state generalise to behaviours associated with social and exploratory behaviour, and this study has provided a methodological basis for future studies investigating the role of chronic stress in depression. Together the work presented in this thesis supports a cognitive neuropsychological mechanism for the development and treatment of depression and demonstrates face, predictive and construct validity for the ABT as a preclinical assay for use in drug safety and development.
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Stanek, Kelly Marie. "Neuropsychological Correlates of Body Image Disturbance." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1239059135.

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Bogner, Jennifer Ann. "Neuropsychological assessment : application to mental retardation /." The Ohio State University, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487673114112822.

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Nopola-Hemmi, Jaanamarja. "Familial dyslexia : genetic and neuropsychological findings." Helsinki : University of Helsinki, 2002. http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/julkaisut/laa/haart/vk/nopola-hemmi/.

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Eckman, Preston Scott. "Neuropsychological Correlates of Syndromes of Schizophrenia." W&M ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626142.

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Ramchandran, Kanchna. "The neuropsychological correlates of leadership effectiveness." Diss., University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1064.

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Decision-making in the context of leadership, has received scant attention in the management literature, which has traditionally centered on general mental ability and personality as predictors of effectiveness. This research effort bridges the neuroscientific and management literatures to offer an alternative, neuropsychological profile of effective leadership by proposing prefrontal brain processes (executive function) as a key component and predictor of complex decision-making and leadership effectiveness. While the management literature has largely viewed decision-making as a cognitive ability, neuroscience informs us that this complex function emerges from the integration of affective and cognitive signals in the prefrontal cortex. In an attempt to identify the neural predictors of effective leadership decision-making, 105 corporate leaders were assessed on a robust array of neuropsychological indices of prefrontal brain function. These were in turn correlated with their leadership and decision-making abilities after controlling for general mental ability and personality, utilizing structural equation modeling. Executive function incrementally predicts complex decision-making and transformational leadership effectiveness, above and beyond general mental ability. Complex decision-making does not appear to be central to leadership effectiveness, while extraversion emerges as the strongest predictor of transformational leadership followed by executive function. Executive function, extraversion and general mental ability do not predict transactional leadership. These results would need replication in a larger dataset to establish their validity, especially in the case of executive function. While the heritability of leadership ability has emerged as fairly significant, this opens the field to unearthing the biological variables and predictors of leadership ability. Neuroscience thus has the potential to offer biomarkers and metrics of leadership that can further not only our foundational knowledge of organizational behavior, but can also find useful applications in recruitment, training and development practice, though this cross-disciplinary initiative is in its infancy. Based on the preliminary results from this study, executive function (which has so far remained in the domain of neurology) has the potential to inform and measure leadership effectiveness.
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Mitchell, Brittany L. "Statistical genetic analyses of neuropsychological traits." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2022. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227852/14/Brittany%20Mitchell%20Thesis.pdf.

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Neuropsychological traits affect both the brain and behaviour and are responsible for a large proportion of worldwide disability. This PhD thesis employs computational, statistical and genetic approaches to identify and understand the genetic and environmental influences on a wide range of psychiatric, neurological and cognitive disorders. The work presented in this thesis details novel findings on several fronts including new genetic marker discovery, using genetics to predict an individual’s disease risk, and disentangling pertinent risk factors that affect cognitive and mental health. This insight is an important step towards developing more effective treatments and intervention strategies.
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Brooks, David A. "Development of the Ball neuropsychological screening measure." Virtual Press, 1989. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/558340.

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The present research concerned the validation of a neuropsychological screening measure. In a series of investigations the reliability, predictive validity and factor structure of the Ball Neuropsychological Screening Measure (BNSM) were examined.Such procedures were considered essential to investigate the utility of the BNSM.In a two part study, the reliability of the BNSM was investigated (Study 1). First, an attempt was made to determine BNSM test-retest reliability with the finding that subtest means on test and retest were too similar to permit interpretation. In the second portion of Study 1 the internal consistency of the BNSM was examined by computing Cronbach's alphas. The BNSM was found to have high internal consistency, producing an overall alpha coefficient of .951.A discriminant analysis was performed in study 2 to examine the utility of the BNSM in discriminating between normal and impaired adults.The BNSM was found to be highly accurate in this regard, achieving an overall correct placement prediction rate of 96%. Study 3 looked at the utility of the BNSM in correctly predicting lateralization of brain Impairment.The BNSM successfully predicted placement into three groups (Normals, Right-Hemispheric Impairment, LeftHemispheric Impairment) with 95% overall accuracy. Finally, the factor structure of the BNSM was examined in Study 4. Utilizing a varimax rotation, a two factor solution was found to account for 66.8% of the total variance.
Department of Educational Psychology
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Taylor, Erin Kathleen. "The utility of the McCarron-Dial System in determining location of brain lesion." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2004. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4570/.

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Among the goals of neuropsychological assessment are to detect the presence of brain damage, localize which areas of the brain may be dysfunctional, and describe subsequent functional impairments. The sensitivity of neuropsychological instruments in carrying out these functions has long been a question of debate. The purpose of the present study was to determine the utility of various performance level indictors and lateralizing indicators from the McCarron-Dial System Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (MDS) in ascertaining the presence or absence of brain damage as well as location of lesion. Models used in the present study appear to provide increased classification accuracy compared to other studies utilizing the MDS. The MDS was also shown to be comparable to other well-known neuropsychological batteries, including the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery (HRB) and the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery (LNNB) with regard to distinguishing between those with brain damage and normal controls, and also localizing brain lesion. The results of this study offer clinicians parsimonious models to evaluate for presence of lesion and its location so this information may be used to make accurate, thorough diagnoses and appropriate treatment and rehabilitation recommendations.
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McCoy, Kenneth D. "Reliability and construct validation of the neuropsychological symptom inventory." Virtual Press, 1993. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/897481.

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The Neuropsychological Symptom Inventory (Dean, 1982) was developed to examine the neuropsychological symptomology presented by patients. It consists of 17 items that assess family/medical history that are responded to on a true/false format. In addition, there are 100 items which assess cognitive, emotional-social, sensory-perceptual, and behavioral symptomology, which are to be responded to on a Likert scale from 1 to 4.The present study investigated the validation of the Neuropsychological Symptom Inventory (NSI) (Dean, 1982). In a series of investigations the construct validity, internal consistency, and test-retest reliability of the NSI were examined. Such procedures were considered essential to investigate the utility of the NSI.The subjects numbered 826, for the factor analysis study and the internal consistency analysis, which consisted of college students from introductory psychology classes, and patients seen in both outpatient and inpatient settings. Additionally, there were 132 subjects who participated in the study for test-retest.Utilizing a varimax rotation, a four factor solution was obtained for the NSI, accounting for 47.9 % of the total variance. The results demonstrated high internal consistency for the NSI, with an overall Alpha coefficient of .967. In addition, moderate test-retest estimates were found, ranging from .3365 for Factor 3 to .6223 for Factor 4.These results showed strong psychometric properties for the NSI and suggest its use as a viable alternative to currently available measures. Results are discussed in terms of a need for further refinement of the NSI.
Department of Educational Psychology
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Tsang, Michael Hing-pui. "Positive and Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia and Their Neuropsychological Correlates." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1993. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278921/.

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Nagel, Jeffrey A. "Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Clinical Scales of the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Test Battery, Form II." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1990. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330984/.

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The factor structure of the Luria Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery (LNNB) Form II was examined. A principle components factor analysis was performed on a sample of 102 psychiatric and neurologic subjects. It was necessary to remove 45 items from the analysis due to perfect performance by most subjects. The results were orthogonally rotated to simple structure using a Varimax method of rotation, and then compared to previous LNNB Form I and Form II results. Thirty-three factors were generated in the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) . There was a very high agreement with the factors from Form I. Only one new factor was identified that didn't have a comparable Form I factor, and this factor appears to have neurological support. The similarity of the factor solutions between the two forms supports the continued use of factors derived from Form I for the interpretation of Form II, and supports the underlying structure presupposed by Lurian constructs. The present study also tested the significance of the hypothesized factor structures through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). No hypothesis about the underlying factor structure based on previous exploratory studies was supported. The CFA did suggest that the best factor solution to the LNNB Form II is one that (a) has correlated factors and (b) has items loading on more than one factor. The confirmatory results were interpreted as not supporting the current exploratory results, or the previous factor analytic results. Problems notwithstanding, researchers may be better directed to propose factor models for the LNNB that have correlated factors, and to work samples approaching the 10 to 1 recommended sample size for multivariate analysis. One conclusion that was drawn from the concurrence between the two Form II studies pertains to psychiatric populations used in both studies. It was necessary to exclude a large number of items in each study due to perfect performance by most of the subjects on those items. Most of the items removed were identical in both studies supporting the notion that a shortened version of the LNNB could be administered to psychiatric populations.
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Agranovich, Anna V. Panter A. T. "The culture of time in neuropsychological assessment." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,2931.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010.
Title from electronic title page (viewed Jun. 23, 2010). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychology." Discipline: Psychology; Department/School: Psychology.
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Murry, Joe Mitchell. "Neuropsychological Dysfunction Associated with Dental Office Environment." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1989. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500368/.

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Five chemicals indigenous to the dental office environment that may cause toxic effects are formaldehyde, phenol, acrylic, mercury, and nitrous oxide. These chemicals create abnormal stress on physiological and psychological systems of the body resulting in symptomatology and pathology when the body defenses can no longer maintain homeostasis by adaptation. This study demonstrated serious behavioral consequences of chemical and heavy metal exposure. This study provided evidence that a significant percentage of dental office personnel who are exposed to the dental office chemicals show psycho neurological dysfunction. It was concluded that these individuals suffer adverse reactions to the chemicals in their work environment. The problem areas included perceptual motor difficulty in cognitive functioning, concern with bodily functions, despondency, and interpersonal problems.
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Mate-Kole, Christopher Charles. "Neuropsychological changes associated with cerebral revascular surgery." Thesis, University of Leicester, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/34668.

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It is proposed that cerebral revascularisation would reduce the risk of a further episode of transient ischaemic attack or completed stroke. This thesis evaluates the psychological benefits of the two neurosurgical procedures of carotid endarterectomy and extracranial to intracranial microrevascularisation. The studies involved 92 patients some of whom were followed up over a period of 24 months and some over a period of 12 months. Approximately half of the patients suffered a transient ischaemic attack and the other half suffered a completed stroke. Patients were treated surgically by the above-mentioned neurosurgical procedures. A group of patients with cerebrovascular symptoms were employed as a control group. In addition patients with peripheral vascular symptoms were used as a second control group to monitor variables that could affect the outcome of surgery. The studies suggest that cerebrovascular disease or cerebrovascular insufficiency can produce functional deficits which are evident in psychological test performance. Cerebral revascularisation does not result in improvement of cognitive function. Factors such as side of lesion, side of surgery, neurological status, and effects of smoking can affect outcome of treatment.
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Livingstone, Alison A. "Neuropsychological outcome following neurosurgery for mental disorder." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/28446.

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Neurosurgery for mental disorder (NMD) continues to exist as one of a range of treatments available to individuals who experience severe and intractable psychiatric illness. Historically, this particular use of ablative neurosurgery has attracted a considerable amount of interest and controversy. Despite modern advances in both technical procedure and understanding of the disorders for which NMD is indicated, the irreversibility of these procedures continues to attract attention from both public and professional groups alike. To date, indisputable evidence regarding the efficacy and frequency of adverse effects has not been established. Therefore, the primary aim of the present study was to investigate the neuropsychological outcome following neurosurgery for mental disorder. In light of previous research, the specific aims were designed to elucidate the impact of such procedures on aspects of both general and executive functioning, through means of clinical and computerised neuropsychological assessments. As such, pre- and post-operative performance scores of an entire population of surgical candidates at a national centre for the provision of NMD were examined. The principle investigation focussed on a group of 22 individuals of mixed diagnostic categories, all of whom had undergone treatment by anterior capsulotomy. Within-subjects comparisons revealed the overall stability of post-operative performance as measured by tests of general cognitive and executive function, at follow-up periods of two weeks, one year, and in a sub-group of individuals, two and a half years post-operatively. A small number of statistically significant improvements and impairments were noted, and along with the general trend of improvement observed at long term follow-up, are discussed in the light of related research.
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Deutsher, Megan Mary, and deutsher@bigpond com. "A neuropsychological asessement of adult sex offenders." Swinburne University of Technology. Brain Sciences Institute, 2004. http://adt.lib.swin.edu.au./public/adt-VSWT20060711.090050.

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There is widespread concern within at least Western cultures of the potential damage that sex offenders may cause to society. The government statistics highlight a frightening pattern of sexual abuse in Australia, with the trend implicating that sexual assault is on the rise and that children are the predominant victims (ABS, 2003b). Specifically, 17,850 reports of sexual assault were recorded in 2002, a 6% increase since 2001. Further to this, there is still no universal agreement as to the extent to which treatment effectively reduces sexual recidivism. Therefore, there is an urgent need for research into this problem behaviour. Research examining the causes of sexual offending has examined a biological hypothesis that sex offenders have functional brain impairment. However, the results of neuropsychological assessments of various sex offender populations are inconsistent and inconclusive. The aim of this study was to investigate the brain function of males convicted and incarcerated for sexual offences against children using neuropsychological assessment. Specifically, it was hypothesised that the sex offenders would show functional impairment in their frontal and temporal lobes. A battery of neuropsychological tests was compiled to assess the functions of these regions including four WAIS-Ill subtests (Arithmetic, Vocabulary, Block Design and Picture Arrangement), Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT), Rey Complex Figure (RCF), Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST) and the FAS Test. These tests were administered to 25 incarcerated male sex offenders, 25 incarcerated male non-sex offenders and 25 men with no criminal history. Although attempts were made to match these groups on age, level of education and level of intelligence, statistical analyses revealed that there were significant differences between the groups on these variables. These differences were statistically controlled using analyses of covariance (ANCOVAs) and factorial analyses of variance (ANOVA). The results indicated that the sex offenders performed significantly worse than the controls on all neuropsychological tests. However, statistically significant differences were only found between the sex offenders and control group on the immediate recall trials of the RAVLT and RCF. These observed differences did not change when age, level of education and level of intelligence were statistically controlled. It was concluded that there is insufficient evidence from this study to support the hypothesis that sex offenders have functional impairment in their frontal and temporal lobes. However, given the relevance of potential brain impairment to both the biological and social-cognitive perspectives of sexual offending, future research in this field is warranted.
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Wald, Jaye Loree. "Neuropsychological impairment and driving performance in dementia." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ34466.pdf.

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Fisher, Nancy Justina. "Neuropsychological subgroups of patients with Alzheimer's disease." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape11/PQDD_0012/NQ52421.pdf.

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Chan, Siu-ching. "Neuropsychological correlates of stimulus bias in batterers." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38815898.

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Booth, Alison. "Mild cognitive impairment : Neuropsychological and electrophysiological investigations." Thesis, Bangor University, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.528324.

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Chan, Siu-ching, and 陳少清. "Neuropsychological correlates of stimulus bias in batterers." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38815898.

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Kelly, Mark D. "Assessment of deaf children with neuropsychological measures." Virtual Press, 1990. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/720133.

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The present study investigated deaf children's performance on several modified tests of the original Halstead Reitan Neuropsychological Battery for Older Children (HRNB-C). Specifically, performance of 42 deaf children (mean age = 13.3 years, SD = 0.7 yrs.) and a matched sample of 42 hearing peers was examined on the HRNB-C Category, Tactual Performance, and Trail Making tests.In Study 1, a computerized version of the Category Test was administered. Step-down F tests were used to examine differences in total errors and the unique contribution of response time. In Study 2, the Tactual Performance and Trail Making scores were dependent variables. Logistic regression analysis was used to explore multivariate intergroup differences.The major finding of this research was that neuropsychological abilities of deaf children who have no additional handicapping conditions or impairments are, in general, similar to matched hearing controls. Few clinically relevant differences were found. No quantitative differences were found on Trail Making Part A or the total number of Category Test errors. Noteworthy, from a qualitative stance, was the role of response time and its unique contribution within the Category Test. Deaf subjects had significantly greater response times to individual items regardless of correctness of answer. Deaf children were also found to take longer on Trails B, although they performed within normals limits. With respect to the Tactual Performance Test (TPT), deaf children did slightly better than their matched hearing peers on TPT total time and location. In addition, Trails B and TPT location scores were the best multivariate composite of discriminators of deaf versus hearing performance. Notwithstanding, overinterpretation of statistical differences found in both studies was cautioned and the similarities of performance between deaf and hearing children emphasized.These findings offered information of deaf children's neuropsychological functioning compared to hearing controls in the clinical setting. Moreover, the results of the present study should be generalizable to other "non-impaired", 12-14 year old deaf children within a residential academic environment.
Department of Educational Psychology
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Wycoff, Jeffrey M. L. "Neuropsychological patterns in RISC identified schizotypic subjects." Virtual Press, 1993. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/864928.

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The present study employed the Rust Inventory of Schizotypal Cognitions (RISC) to identify an experimental group of schizotypics (as well as an appropriate control group). It was hypothesized that these individuals would show patterns on a battery of neuropsychological tests (e.g., Category Test, Tactual Performance Test, and Trails B from the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery; Expressive Speech, Memory, and Intellectual Processes Scales from the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Batter; and the Rey Complex Figure Test) similar to those exhibited by actual schizophrenics. Findings indicated that schizotypes do show a pattern of deficits on neuropsychological tests similar to those observed in diagnosed schizophrenics. These results lend validity to the RISC as an instrument for use in selecting those at-risk for schizophrenia. They also illustrate a possible neuropsychological vulnerability marker for schizophrenia.
Department of Psychological Science
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Shawe-Taylor, Metka. "Drawing : a developmental and cognitive neuropsychological investigation." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.242848.

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McDaid, Catriona. "The neuropsychological sequelae of transient brain insult." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.317511.

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Dodwell, D. J. F. "Neuropsychological and psychiatric disorders following head injury." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306085.

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Pluck, Graham Christopher. "Neuropsychological aspects of apathy in Parkinson's disease." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251798.

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Kravariti, Eugenia. "A neuropsychological investigation of adolescent onset schizophrenia." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.272575.

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PIRES, EMMY UEHARA. "ONTOGENESE OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS: A NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2010. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=35595@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO
COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
O presente estudo teve como objetivo compreender como se dá a ontogênese das funções cognitivas no período entre o nascimento até o início da adolescência. A partir da perspectiva da neurociência e neuropsicologia cognitiva, questões como as influências biológicas e ambientais, a maturação cerebral e o processo de aprendizagem, assim como as bases neuroanatômicas e circuitos neurais serão discutidas. A ênfase será dada aos marcos mais relevantes no processo típico do desenvolvimento das principais funções cognitivas tais como a sensação, a percepção, a atenção, a memória, a linguagem, as habilidades visuoconstrutivas, e as funções executivas.
This study aimed to understand how the ontogeny of cognitive functions during the period from birth to early adolescence. From the perspective of neuroscience and cognitive neuropsychology, issues such as biological and environmental influences, brain maturation and learning processes, as neuroanatomical bases and neural circuits will be discussed. Emphasis will be given to the most important milestones in the typical development of the main cognitive functions such as sensation, perception, attention, memory, language, visual-constructive skills and executive functions.
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