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A pilot examination of the validity of stylus and finger drawing on visuomotor-mediated tests on ACEmobile. 手写笔和手指绘图在ACEmobile视觉运动介导测试中有效性的试点检验。
IF 2.2 4区 心理学
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Epub Date: 2023-08-24 DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2023.2249167
Rupert Noad, Craig Newman, Jade Chynoweth, Jacob Mayers, Stephen Hall, Donnchadh Murphy
{"title":"A pilot examination of the validity of stylus and finger drawing on visuomotor-mediated tests on ACEmobile.","authors":"Rupert Noad, Craig Newman, Jade Chynoweth, Jacob Mayers, Stephen Hall, Donnchadh Murphy","doi":"10.1080/13803395.2023.2249167","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13803395.2023.2249167","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Cognitive assessments, such as the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination (ACE-III) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), have been modified for administration using tablet computers. While this offers important advantages for practice, it may also threaten the test validity. The current study sought to test whether administering visuospatial and writing tests using a tablet (finger or stylus drawing), would demonstrate equivalence to traditional pencil and paper administration on ACEmobile.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This study recruited 26 participants with Alzheimer's disease and 23 healthy older adults. Most participants had low familiarity with using a tablet computer. Participants completed ACEmobile in its entirety, after which they repeated the infinity loops, cube, and clock drawing and sentence writing tests by drawing with a stylus and their finger onto an iPad. Performance on the drawing and writing tests using a stylus, finger, and pencil were compared.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Statistically significant differences were observed between the finger and pencil administration on the ACEmobile, with participants performing worse on the finger drawing trials. Differences in scores were most apparent on the sentence writing task. In contrast, no statistical differences were observed between the pencil and stylus administration.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The findings of this pilot study have important implications for clinical neuropsychology and demonstrate that administering ACEmobile drawing tests with finger drawing is invalid. However, due to the small sample size, a lack of counterbalancing and the narrow range of scores of the dependent variable, we are unable to confidently interpret the validity of stylus drawing. This is an important consideration for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":15382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10423143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Use of the Spanish English Neuropsychological Assessment Scale in older adult Latines and those at risk for autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease. 西班牙-英语神经心理评估量表在老年拉丁人和常染色体显性阿尔茨海默病高危人群中的应用
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Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-29 DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2023.2284971
Kayla N Tureson, Christopher R Beam, Luis D Medina, Freddi Segal-Gidan, Lina M D'Orazio, Helena Chui, Mina Torres, Rohit Varma, John M Ringman
{"title":"Use of the Spanish English Neuropsychological Assessment Scale in older adult Latines and those at risk for autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease.","authors":"Kayla N Tureson, Christopher R Beam, Luis D Medina, Freddi Segal-Gidan, Lina M D'Orazio, Helena Chui, Mina Torres, Rohit Varma, John M Ringman","doi":"10.1080/13803395.2023.2284971","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13803395.2023.2284971","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The Spanish English Neuropsychological Assessment Scale (SENAS) is a cognitive battery with English and Spanish versions for use with persons for whom either language is predominant. Few studies have examined its utility outside the normative sample. The current study examined SENAS performance in samples of older adult Latines and Latines with or at risk for autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease (ADAD) mutations.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The SENAS was administered to 202 older adults from the Los Angeles Latino Eye Study (LALES) and 29 adults with (carriers) or without (non-carriers) mutations causing ADAD. We examined associations between SENAS, age, education, and language (LALES) and between SENAS, estimated years from familial age of dementia diagnosis, education, language, and acculturation (ADAD). Partial correlations were used to examine differences in correlational strength between estimated years from familial age of dementia diagnosis and SENAS scores among ADAD carriers compared to chronological age and SENAS in the LALES sample. Exploratory t-tests were performed to examine SENAS performance differences between ADAD carriers and non-carriers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In an older adult sample (LALES), increased age correlated with worse verbal delayed recall; English fluency and higher education correlated with better naming and visuospatial subtest performance. Among ADAD carriers, verbal and nonverbal delayed recall and object naming subtest performance worsened as they approached their familial age of dementia diagnosis. English fluency and higher U.S.-acculturation were related to better SENAS performance among carriers and non-carriers. Tests of verbal delayed recall and object naming best distinguished ADAD carriers from their familial non-carrier counterparts.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Verbal delayed recall and object naming measures appear to be most sensitive to age-related changes in older adult samples and mutation-related changes in distinguishing ADAD carriers from non-carriers. Future research should examine the sensitivity of SENAS in other samples, such as larger samples of symptomatic ADAD carriers and other AD subtypes.</p>","PeriodicalId":15382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10926998/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138291073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Visuoconstructional impairment in DM1: exploring underlying cognitive processes through the Rey complex figure. DM1视觉结构损伤:通过Rey复杂图形探索潜在的认知过程。
IF 2.2 4区 心理学
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-29 DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2023.2274623
Joana Garmendia, Andone Sistiaga, Garazi Labayru
{"title":"Visuoconstructional impairment in DM1: exploring underlying cognitive processes through the Rey complex figure.","authors":"Joana Garmendia, Andone Sistiaga, Garazi Labayru","doi":"10.1080/13803395.2023.2274623","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13803395.2023.2274623","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Among the cognitive difficulties shown by myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) patients, visuoconstructional impairment - specifically measured with the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (RCFT) - is particularly notable. This study aimed to analyze the performance of DM1 patients and healthy controls (HC) in the RCFT, using different correction systems in order to explore the cognitive processes underlying the poor performance and its associations with other signs and symptoms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from 66 DM1 patients and 68 HC were included in this study. All participants had a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment, including the RCFT, which was scored using both the traditional Osterrieth and the Boston Qualitative Scoring System (BQSS) procedures. ANCOVA and Spearman's correlation analyses were conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>DM1 Patients obtained significantly poorer scores than HC on the RCFT using both correction systems. Regarding BQSS, patients performed worse than HC in both main indexes (Copy Presence Accuracy-CPA and Organization-ORG), and specifically on scores of Configural accuracy, Planning, and Perseveration. Both main indexes - but especially CPA - showed significant and strong correlations with several clinical and cognitive variables.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Both visuoconstruction and organizational impairments underlie the poor RCFT performance in DM1. Moreover, visuoconstruction ability appears to be sensitive to the clinical hallmarks of DM1 patients. The RCFT is proposed as a gold standard in DM1 assessment and the merits of using alternative scoring systems are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":15382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71481978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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ADHD and the avoidance of mental effort: the role of response inhibition and avoidance motivation. 多动症与逃避脑力劳动:反应抑制和逃避动机的作用。
IF 2.2 4区 心理学
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-29 DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2023.2284974
Ibrahim Orhan, Philip J Corr, Dino Krupić
{"title":"ADHD and the avoidance of mental effort: the role of response inhibition and avoidance motivation.","authors":"Ibrahim Orhan, Philip J Corr, Dino Krupić","doi":"10.1080/13803395.2023.2284974","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13803395.2023.2284974","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The tendency of people with ADHD to avoid tasks that require mental effort impacts their academic achievement. Findings in the literature suggest that children with ADHD find cognitive tasks more effortful and uncomfortable than their typically developing peers. However, neuropsychological processes contributing to this remain unclear. The present study investigated whether the relationship between prepotent motor response inhibition and avoiding mental effort is mediated by the ability to resist avoidance motivation and whether this proposed mediation mechanism is contingent on ADHD diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>40 children with ADHD and 40 gender and age-matched typically developing peers participated in the study. They completed the Cognitive Effort Avoidance Measure, the Go/No-go Task, and the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory-Personality Questionnaire-Children. Mediation and moderated mediation analyses were employed to test the hypotheses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Children with ADHD scored lower in response inhibition and resisting avoidance motivation. Poorer scores in these variables were associated with a higher avoidance rate. Moreover, the ability to resist avoidance motivation completely mediated the relationship between response inhibition and avoidance rate only among children with ADHD.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Findings imply that poorer response inhibition led to an increase in avoidance motivation among children with ADHD, which becomes challenging to regulate effectively due to an impairment in the ability to resist avoidance motivation. Theoretical and clinical implications are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":15382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138487632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Internal consistency and reliability of the lifetime and modified current cognitive activity questionnaires and their association with cognitive performance: a six-year follow up of the Brain in Motion study. 终生认知活动问卷和修改后的当前认知活动问卷的内部一致性和可靠性及其与认知表现的关系:"运动中的大脑 "研究的六年跟踪调查。
IF 2.2 4区 心理学
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-29 DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2023.2272979
Connor Snow, Veronica Guadagni, Gail A Eskes, Marc J Poulin, R Stewart Longman
{"title":"Internal consistency and reliability of the lifetime and modified current cognitive activity questionnaires and their association with cognitive performance: a six-year follow up of the Brain in Motion study.","authors":"Connor Snow, Veronica Guadagni, Gail A Eskes, Marc J Poulin, R Stewart Longman","doi":"10.1080/13803395.2023.2272979","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13803395.2023.2272979","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Cognitive activity questionnaires could provide insight into neurocognitive reserve. The Lifetime Cognitive Activities Questionnaire (LCAQ) assesses cognitive activities at four stages of life. The Modified Current Cognitive Activities Questionnaire (CCAQ) assesses current cognitive activities. We examined the construct validity, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and stability of these questionnaires throughout the Brain in Motion (BIM) study and their relationship with cognitive performance.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The LCAQ, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and neuropsychological battery were administered at the initial pre-intervention and six-year follow-up. The CCAQ was administered at five timepoints. Construct validity of the CCAQ/LCAQ was assessed using proxies of cognitive engagement (educational attainment and the North American Adult Reading Test [NAART]). Cronbach alpha analysis determined internal consistency. LCAQ reliability was established by comparing the pre-intervention and six-year follow-up. CCAQ reliability was determined by comparing both pre-intervention assessments, correlations throughout BIM determined stability. A multiple linear regression investigated the associations between cognitive engagement and cognitive domains derived from a principal component analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>MoCA scores at the initial pre-intervention (27.49 ± 1.46) and six-year follow up (26.53 ± 2.08). The LCAQ and CCAQ correlated with educational attainment and the NAART. The LCAQ (<i>n</i> = 266) produced an alpha of 0.90 (20 items). The CCAQ (<i>n</i> = 261) resulted in an alpha of 0.71 (25 items). LCAQ scores (<i>n</i> = 94) at the initial pre-intervention and six-year follow-up were correlated. CCAQ (<i>n</i> = 94) scores at the initial pre-intervention correlated with scores at all five other timepoints. The multiple linear regression revealed associations between the CCAQ and verbal memory/attention. The NAART was associated with processing speed, concept formation, and verbal memory/attention.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In the absence of cognitive decline, these questionnaires exhibit significant construct validity, internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and the CCAQ displayed stability. The NAART and CCAQ were associated with neuropsychological performance. Our findings support future use of these questionnaires and exemplify the neuroprotective role of cognitive engagement.</p>","PeriodicalId":15382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139037678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Instrumental activities of daily living and mild cognitive impairment. 日常生活工具活动和轻度认知障碍。
IF 2.2 4区 心理学
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Epub Date: 2023-08-25 DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2023.2249626
David J Libon, Sheina Emrani, Emily F Matusz, Victor Wasserman, Elyse Perweiler, Terrie Beth Ginsberg, Leonard Powell, Ondrej Bezdicek, Rodney Swenson, Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe
{"title":"Instrumental activities of daily living and mild cognitive impairment.","authors":"David J Libon, Sheina Emrani, Emily F Matusz, Victor Wasserman, Elyse Perweiler, Terrie Beth Ginsberg, Leonard Powell, Ondrej Bezdicek, Rodney Swenson, Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe","doi":"10.1080/13803395.2023.2249626","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13803395.2023.2249626","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Functional impairments are a necessary requirement for the diagnosis of a dementia along with observed cognitive impairment. Comparatively, functional abilities are often relatively intact in those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The current research examined the associations between memory clinic participants classified as cognitively intact, amnestic MCI, and mixed/dysexecutive MCI, using Jak-Bondi criteria, and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living - Compensation Scale (IADL-C) abilities, an informant-based questionnaire that quantifies functional abilities. The associations between functional abilities as assessed with the IADL-C and performance on neuropsychological tests were also investigated.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>IADLC scores were obtained along with a comprehensive neuropsychological protocol on memory clinic participants (n = 100) classified as cognitively normal (CN), amnestic MCI (aMCI), or a combined mixed/dysexecutive (mixed/dys) MCI. Regression analyses were employed to determine how the IADLC related to neuropsychological test performance.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>On the IADLC, greater functional impairment was commonly observed in the mixed/dys MCI group compared to CN participants. Furthermore, the mixed/dys MCI group had lower scores on activities such as Money and Self-Management, Travel and Event Memory subscales compared to the CN group. Linear regression analyses found greater functional impairment in relation to lower scores on executive and episodic memory tests.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Greater functional impairment as assessed with the IADL-C appears to be disproportionately associated with dysexecutive difficulty, and to a lesser degree, episodic memory.</p>","PeriodicalId":15382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10065474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Correction. 修正。
IF 2.2 4区 心理学
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2023.2240608
{"title":"Correction.","authors":"","doi":"10.1080/13803395.2023.2240608","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2023.2240608","url":null,"abstract":"Article title: The association between the Multiple Sclerosis Screening Questionnaire and objective measures of cognition: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis Authors: Jessica Tunmore, Eirini Kontou, Nima Moghaddam, Laurie Hufton and Roshan Das Nair Journal: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology Bibliometrics: Volume 45, Number 2, pages 197 217 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2023.2213847","PeriodicalId":15382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10516275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Type 2 diabetes and cognitive performance in middle age: a cross-sectional study. 2型糖尿病与中年认知能力:一项横断面研究。
IF 2.2 4区 心理学
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2023.2246668
Teppo Sola, Elina Pimiä, Elina Lahti, Jorma Lahtela, Mervi Jehkonen
{"title":"Type 2 diabetes and cognitive performance in middle age: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Teppo Sola,&nbsp;Elina Pimiä,&nbsp;Elina Lahti,&nbsp;Jorma Lahtela,&nbsp;Mervi Jehkonen","doi":"10.1080/13803395.2023.2246668","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2023.2246668","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Type 2 diabetes has been associated with cognitive decrements already in middle-age. However, the sample sizes of the studies have been small and the neuropsychological tests used have been heterogeneous. In addition, only a few studies have matched the groups in terms of age, education and gender. In this cross-sectional matched pairs study, we investigated the cognitive performance of Finnish middle-aged type 2 diabetes patients compared to healthy individuals.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A neuropsychological test battery consisting of 16 tests and 21 outcome measures was applied to 28 patients and 28 age-, education- and gender-matched healthy individuals. Various exclusion criteria were applied to minimize the risk of cognitive dysfunction due to factors other than diabetes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We did not find between-group differences in any of the neuropsychological tests measuring attention, concept formation and reasoning, construction and motor performance, executive functions, memory, processing speed or working memory. In addition, there were no group differences in the frequency or severity of subjective cognitive symptoms, or in anxiety, depression, burnout, fatigue or alcohol use disorder symptoms. The effect sizes in this study were mostly negligible or small, with the mean effect size being -0.12.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In a carefully matched sample of middle-aged type 2 diabetes patients and healthy individuals, we found no significant effects and no meaningful evidence of cognitive differences between the groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":15382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10566619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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A feature and conjunction visual search immersive virtual reality serious game for measuring spatial and distractor inhibition attention using response time and action kinematics. 一种基于响应时间和动作运动学测量空间和干扰物抑制注意力的特征结合视觉搜索沉浸式虚拟现实严肃游戏。
IF 2.2 4区 心理学
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2023.2218571
Khawla Ajana, Gauthier Everard, Thierry Lejeune, Martin Gareth Edwards
{"title":"A feature and conjunction visual search immersive virtual reality serious game for measuring spatial and distractor inhibition attention using response time and action kinematics.","authors":"Khawla Ajana,&nbsp;Gauthier Everard,&nbsp;Thierry Lejeune,&nbsp;Martin Gareth Edwards","doi":"10.1080/13803395.2023.2218571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2023.2218571","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Treisman (1980) proposed that visual-spatial attention to targets presented with distractors involves parallel and serial cognition. When the target is different from distractors by a single feature, the number of distractors does not influence search speed (parallel). However, when the target is different from the distractor by a conjunction of features, increased numbers of distractors increase task difficulty (serial). Here, we developed a serious game in immersive virtual reality (IVR) for evaluating spatial and distractor inhibition attention.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We tested 60 healthy participants. They performed the serious game in which they had to find a target mole wearing a red miner's helmet. In the single feature parallel conditions, the distractor moles wore blue (miner's or horned) helmets, and in the conjunction feature serial conditions, the distractor moles wore blue miner's helmets or red horned helmets. There were 11-17-23 distractors. Responses were made with the dominant hand by hitting the target with a virtual hammer. We measured mean response time (RT), mean velocity (MV) and coefficient of variance of speed (CV).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants were significantly slower (RT and MV) and showed greater CV when responding to targets in conjunction compared to single feature search tasks. Further, participants were slower (RT and MV) and showed greater CV when the number of distractors increased. A significant interaction between search tasks and distractors showed that RT and CV only increased with distractor number for the conjunction search tasks. MV decreased with distractor number for both single and conjunction tasks, with a stronger decrease for conjunction relative to single feature search.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The results replicated previous findings, providing support for the use of immersive virtual reality technology for the simultaneous evaluation of spatial and distractor inhibition attention using complex 3D objects.</p>","PeriodicalId":15382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9798258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Inhibition mediates the relationship between age cohort and virtual reality-based prospective memory. 抑制在年龄队列与基于虚拟现实的前瞻记忆之间起中介作用。
IF 2.2 4区 心理学
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology Pub Date : 2023-05-01 DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2023.2246212
Michael D Barnett, Carmen Jia-Wen Chek
{"title":"Inhibition mediates the relationship between age cohort and virtual reality-based prospective memory.","authors":"Michael D Barnett,&nbsp;Carmen Jia-Wen Chek","doi":"10.1080/13803395.2023.2246212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2023.2246212","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Prospective memory has received relatively little attention from a clinical perspective, yet it is an important part of daily functioning. Executive functions have been linked with prospective memory abilities, and age differences are found in both executive functions and prospective memory. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether age cohort differences in prospective memory abilities are mediated by executive functions, specifically inhibition.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants (<i>N</i> = 108) consisted of young adults (<i>n</i>= 53) and older adults (<i>n</i>= 55) without any neurocognitive impairment. Participants completed a clinical interview and a battery of neuropsychological tests that included the Mini-Mental Status Exam-2 Standard Version (MMSE-2-SV), the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test-64 (WCST-64), the Delis-Kaplan Executive Functioning System Color-Word Interference Test (D-KEFS CWIT), and the Virtual Kitchen Protocol (VKP).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Young adults had higher prospective memory scores than older adults. Inhibition (i.e., D-KEFS CWIT) mediated the relationship between age cohort and prospective memory, while cognitive flexibility did not mediate the relationship.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Older adults may have diminished inhibition abilities that may negatively affect their ability to complete prospective memory tasks.</p>","PeriodicalId":15382,"journal":{"name":"Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10566262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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