{"title":"","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuropsychology","volume":"20 1","pages":"115-131"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148070172","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}
{"title":"","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuropsychology","volume":"20 1","pages":"88-100"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148083362","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}
Emma Whooley, Vincent Koppelmans, Hayley J. MacDonald, Alison Hall, Marit F. L. Ruitenberg
{"title":"Dopamine genetic risk scores and psychiatric symptoms: Interacting risk factors for impulse control behaviours in de novo Parkinson's disease","authors":"Emma Whooley, Vincent Koppelmans, Hayley J. MacDonald, Alison Hall, Marit F. L. Ruitenberg","doi":"10.1111/jnp.12415","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jnp.12415","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Up to 45% of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) experience impulse control disorders (ICDs), characterized by a loss of voluntary control over impulses, drives or temptations. This study aimed to investigate whether previously identified genetic and psychiatric risk factors interact towards the development of ICDs in PD. A total of 278 <i>de novo</i> PD patients (ICD-free at enrollment) were selected from the Parkinson's Progression Markers Initiative database. ICD presence at baseline and yearly follow-up assessments were evaluated via the Questionnaire for Impulsive-Compulsive Disorders. Symptoms of anxiety and depression at baseline were measured via the State–Trait-Anxiety Inventory and Geriatric Depression Scale, respectively. Furthermore, an individual dopamine genetic risk score was calculated according to polymorphisms in genes coding for dopamine (D1, D2 and D3 receptors and catechol-O-methyltransferase), with higher scores reflecting higher central dopamine neurotransmission. In total, 146 participants (47.5%) developed an ICD with an average onset time of 36 months (range 3–96) from baseline. Results from a Cox proportional hazards model showed a trait anxiety × genetics interaction, suggesting that individuals with both higher baseline trait anxiety scores and higher dopamine genetic risk scores were at increased risk of ICD development. This interaction remained significant after controlling for age, sex and motor symptom severity. Our findings suggest that genetic and psychiatric predictors of impulsivity in PD interact and jointly yield increased ICD risk during the course of the disorder. This implies that early screening of anxiety symptoms in combination with genotyping can be useful to identify those at risk for ICD.</p>","PeriodicalId":197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuropsychology","volume":"19 3","pages":"443-453"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12301494/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143057396","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}
{"title":"Are patients with Parkinson's disease impaired in the recognition of emotion's authenticity?","authors":"Agnese Anzani, Stefano Zago, Teresa Difonzo, Cristina Scarpazza, Nadia Bolognini, Giulia Franco, Alessio Difonzo, Maria Cristina Saetti","doi":"10.1111/jnp.12410","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jnp.12410","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In recognising emotions expressed by others, one can make use of both embodied cognition and mechanisms that do not necessarily require activation of the limbic system, such as evoking from memory the meaning of morphological features of the observed face. Instead, we believe that the recognition of the authenticity of an emotional expression is primarily based on embodied cognition, for which the mirror system would play a significant role. To verify this hypothesis, we submitted 20 parkinsonian patients and 20 healthy control subjects to the Emotional Authenticity Recognition test, a novel test using dynamic stimuli to evaluate the ability to recognise emotions and their authenticity. Analysis of variance of the test scores shows that Parkinsonian patients perform worse than controls when they had to recognise the authenticity of emotions, although they are able to identify them. Our results confirm a deficit in the recognition of the authenticity of emotions in patients with Parkinson's disease attributable to the disruption of extrapiramidal limbic circuit between ventral striatum and orbitomesial-prefrontal cortex.</p>","PeriodicalId":197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuropsychology","volume":"19 3","pages":"411-424"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jnp.12410","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142891079","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}
María Nieves Pérez-Marfil, Manuel Fernández-Alcántara, Elena Navarro, Xiomara García-Navarro, Francisco Cruz-Quintana
{"title":"Validation of the computerised battery for neuropsychological evaluation of children (BENCI) in a Cuban sample","authors":"María Nieves Pérez-Marfil, Manuel Fernández-Alcántara, Elena Navarro, Xiomara García-Navarro, Francisco Cruz-Quintana","doi":"10.1111/jnp.12418","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jnp.12418","url":null,"abstract":"<p>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 of 6 and 18 who were divided into three groups according to their level of education (Elementary: 6–11 years old; High School: 12–14 years old; and Pre-University: 15–18 years old). All participants were evaluated using the BENCI with some also undergoing additional neuropsychological testing. The BENCI evaluates the following cognitive domains: processing speed, visuomotor coordination, attention, memory, language, and executive functions. The results showed that the BENCI has good test–retest reliability indices and high internal consistency values in Reasoning, Reaction Time, and Working Memory. In terms of validity, the data revealed significant correlations between the BENCI tests and other neuropsychological tests assessing similar cognitive functions. The BENCI also has discriminative validity, as it was found that performance on the tests varies according to the level of education of those being evaluated. In terms of construct validity, confirmatory factor analysis showed that the fit indices for the executive functions dimension of the BENCI are adequate. The data show that the BENCI is a reliable and valid instrument for assessing neurodevelopment in Cuban children and adolescents. Since this is the first neuropsychological test of its kind to be validated in the Cuban population, this finding is of particular importance.</p>","PeriodicalId":197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuropsychology","volume":"19 3","pages":"499-519"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jnp.12418","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143439813","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}
Michael Lopez, John Fulton, Hayley Kristinsson, Sahra Kim, Elizabeth Stuart, Patrick Chen, Aaron Thomas, Megan Hussey-Zommers, Rohan Roy, Arunima Kapoor, Alexis Conrad
{"title":"Development of the KeyStrokes test: An online neuropsychological assessment for attention, processing speed and executive function","authors":"Michael Lopez, John Fulton, Hayley Kristinsson, Sahra Kim, Elizabeth Stuart, Patrick Chen, Aaron Thomas, Megan Hussey-Zommers, Rohan Roy, Arunima Kapoor, Alexis Conrad","doi":"10.1111/jnp.12426","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jnp.12426","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The ‘KeyStrokes’ test (KS) was created as an online and computerized neuropsychological assessment to assess simple attention, processing speed, and executive function. This pilot study aims to show proof of concept of the KS test as a computerized assessment. Building on a previous feasibility study, we assessed the KS test's internal consistency and correlations to other neurocognitive assessments. Participants were recruited from a clinical sample of patients referred for standard neuropsychological evaluation and were asked to perform several standard neurocognitive tests and six subtests of the KS: two response time trials (arrows, words), three inhibition trials (arrows, words, arrows/words) and one inhibition/switching trial (arrows/words). We assessed internal consistency; conducted correlation analyses between each KS subtest, standard neuropsychological tests, and demographic characteristics (age, education, ethnicity, and gender); and conducted multiple regression analyses to assess the relationship between test performance and age and education. We assessed 87 individuals with a mean age of 54.09 years. Correlations between KS subtests were positive and strong (all above <i>ρ</i> > .72, <i>p</i> < .001). Subtests were generally positively correlated with select WAIS-IV and Reynolds Interference Task subtests, and negatively correlated with trail making tests, the grooved pegboard test, and age. Age significantly predicted performance (<i>p</i> < .001), whereas education did not. Ethnicity appeared to correlate with certain subtests, whereas gender did not. Analysis of correlations between the KS subtests and multiple well-established neuropsychological tests showed the possible viability of the KS as a new neurocognitive measure assessing areas of attention, processing speed, and executive function. Additional study of the KS can provide more evidence for its use as a new computerized, and possible online neuropsychological assessment.</p>","PeriodicalId":197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuropsychology","volume":"19 3","pages":"559-575"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jnp.12426","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143959523","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}
Susan Zyto, Nienke Jabben, Annet Nugter, Peter F. J. Schulte, Ralph W. Kupka, Sigfried Schouws
{"title":"Facial emotion recognition, affective empathy and psychosocial functioning in euthymic BD-I","authors":"Susan Zyto, Nienke Jabben, Annet Nugter, Peter F. J. Schulte, Ralph W. Kupka, Sigfried Schouws","doi":"10.1111/jnp.12417","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jnp.12417","url":null,"abstract":"<p>There is emerging evidence of social cognitive impairments in bipolar disorders (BD). Less evident is the question if social cognitive impairments are predictive of psychosocial functioning, independently of neurocognitive impairment. The aims of the study were to investigate if patients with BD-I showed impairments in facial emotion recognition and alterations in affective empathy, in relation to healthy controls, and if these impairments would predict psychosocial functioning, after accounting for neurocognitive impairments. Thirty-seven patients diagnosed with BD-I, in an euthymic state, and 37 matched healthy controls underwent an assessment including a facial recognition test (ERT) and a self-report scale of affective empathy (BEES). Patients additionally underwent an extensive neuropsychological assessment consisting of traditional tests. Patients with BD-I were significantly less able to recognize the emotion fear compared to healthy controls. However, the lower ability to recognize fear did not predict psychosocial functioning. In addition, it was not related to any of the other neuropsychological variables. The degree of self-reported empathy did not differ between patients and healthy controls. The results add to the evidence of a specific deficit in recognizing fear in BD-I; however, a link with psychosocial functioning was lacking. It is possible that the ability to recognize fear is related to a more narrow concept of interpersonal functioning than to the broad concept of psychosocial functioning. Future research should be directed towards aspects of social functioning in relation to social cognitive impairments, while taking account of subgroups of social cognitive functioning.</p>","PeriodicalId":197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuropsychology","volume":"19 3","pages":"486-498"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jnp.12417","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143439810","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}
Yosefa A. Modiano, Benjamin Eschler, Gabrielle Flores, Kathryn Synder
{"title":"New onset abnormal eating behaviour following amygdalohippocampal laser ablation for mesial temporal epilepsy","authors":"Yosefa A. Modiano, Benjamin Eschler, Gabrielle Flores, Kathryn Synder","doi":"10.1111/jnp.12422","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jnp.12422","url":null,"abstract":"<p>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 targeting a remnant of the amygdala, after which seizures resolved, but disordered eating behaviours continued with no appreciable change. We discuss the role of aberrant limbic signalling in mesial temporal epilepsy and its contribution towards eating behaviours in the context of surgical treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuropsychology","volume":"19 3","pages":"634-642"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143497678","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}
{"title":"Comparison of children and adolescents diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder with and without autism traits in terms of emotion regulation, clinical characteristics and functionality","authors":"Buket Kılıç, Sadriye E. Ç. Kültür","doi":"10.1111/jnp.12411","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jnp.12411","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study aims to demonstrate that children and adolescents diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) who exhibit autism traits have a more severe clinical profile in terms of emotion regulation, clinical features related to ADHD, and functionality, compared to those diagnosed with ADHD without these traits. 50 patients with and 64 patients without autism traits between the ages of 8–16 were recruited for the study among the children and adolescents diagnosed with ADHD. The Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children-Present and Lifetime Version, DSM-5-2016-Turkish Adaptation (K-SADS-PL-DSM-5-T) was used to exclude the diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and detect comorbid psychiatric diagnosis. The Social Reciprocity Scale (SRS) was completed by parents to determine groups based on autism traits. Children completed the Childhood Anxiety Sensitivity Index (CASI) and the Affective Reactivity Index (ARI). The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), Affective Reactivity Index-Parent Report (ARI-P) and Weiss Functional Impairment Rating Scale-Parent Report (WFIRS-P) were completed by the parents. We found that the group with autism traits had significantly more hyperactivity/inattention, conduct problems, emotional problems, and peer problems and significantly more irritability and frequent separation anxiety disorder. Although there was no significant impairment in functionality in either group, the level of impairment was significantly higher in the group with autism traits. Children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder who exhibit autism traits experience higher levels of irritability and separation anxiety disorder, as well as greater impairment in functionality, compared to those without these traits.</p>","PeriodicalId":197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuropsychology","volume":"19 3","pages":"425-442"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142941976","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}
{"title":"Reimagining André Rey's method for recording the copy process of the Rey Complex Figure Test: A commentary","authors":"Maneesh V. Kuruvilla, Angela Blazely","doi":"10.1111/jnp.12414","DOIUrl":"10.1111/jnp.12414","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In 1941, André Rey published the Rey Complex Figure, a widely used test for assessing visual-constructional ability and visual memory. It consists of two parts: copy and recall. Evaluating the copy portion presents challenges, as it requires the administrator to focus on both the process and outcome. The assessor must systematically track how the patient copies the figure in real-time to evaluate their planning, organisation and executive abilities. This ‘clinician's copy’ serves as a record of the patient's approach, aiding later judgements about their cognitive skills. To ensure accuracy, clinicians need a method to record this process for later review or colleague consultation. This paper revisits Rey's suggestion of using different coloured pencils to observe the copy sequence, proposing an alternative. Instead of providing coloured pencils to the patient, we recommend that the administrator use them to record the copy sequence. This method aligns with test norms, reducing potential distractions for the patient while enabling both experienced and novice administrators to easily track and document the sequence of copying.</p>","PeriodicalId":197,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuropsychology","volume":"19 3","pages":"649-654"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jnp.12414","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143031804","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}