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Reliable change in neuropsychological test scores is associated with brain atrophy in older adults

by | Friday, June 11, 2021 | Atrophy, Brain, Change, Memory, Neuropsychology, PsyAsia Neuropsychology, Psychometrics in Neuropsychology, RCI, Reliability

June 11, 2021 The reliable change index (RCI) is a commonly used method for interpreting change in neuropsychological test scores over time. However, the RCI is a psychometric method that, to date, has not been validated against neuroanatomical changes. Longitudinal...

Consecutive and temporally distant perseverations after right brain damage: A prospective study.

by | Friday, May 14, 2021 | Brain, Executive Function, Neuropsychological Tests, Neuropsychology, Perseveration, PsyAsia Neuropsychology

May 14, 2021 Objective: Right brain-damaged patients may show omissions and/or additional marks in target cancellation. The latter is classified as perseverative behavior and has been attributed to defective response inhibition or attentional disengagement deficit....

Diet, psychosocial stress, and Alzheimer’s disease–related neuroanatomy in female nonhuman primates

by | Friday, May 14, 2021 | Aging, Alzheimer's, Amyloid, Brain, Dementia Journals, Diet, Neurodegeneration, PsyAsia Neuropsychology

May 14, 2021 Abstract Introduction Associations between diet, psychosocial stress, and neurodegenerative disease, including Alzheimer’s disease (AD), have been reported, but causal relationships are difficult to determine in human studies. Methods We used...