Cristina Salgado-Blanco, Ana F Oliveira, María Teresa Carrillo-de-la-Peña, Carina Fernandes
{"title":"Efficacy of Cognitive Training for Treating Cancer-related Cognitive Impairment: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Cognitive Domain.","authors":"Cristina Salgado-Blanco, Ana F Oliveira, María Teresa Carrillo-de-la-Peña, Carina Fernandes","doi":"10.1007/s11065-026-09699-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-026-09699-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cognitive Training (CT) is proposed to improve cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI), but its effect on objective cognition remains unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis (PROSPERO ID: CRD42023426761) aimed to examine the efficacy of CT on objective CRCI using neuropsychological tests categorised into cognitive domains following international classifications. Secondary objectives were to assess CT effects on self-reported variables. A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, PsycINFO and Cochrane Library (last search in May 2024). Controlled trials performing CT and reporting neuropsychological outcomes were included. Risk of bias was assessed with RoB-2 and certainty of evidence with the GRADE approach. Hedges' g at post-intervention was the primary outcome of the multivariate meta-analysis, calculated as the standardized mean difference between groups at post-intervention. Hedges´ g at pre-intervention was included as a fixed covariate. Fifteen studies were included in the systematic review and 12 in the meta-analysis (control group n = 507; intervention group n = 578). The meta-analysis showed a small, significant effect of CT on executive functioning (Hedges' g = 0.15, 95% CI [0.00, 0.29], p = .047). This result warrants cautious interpretation due to low-quality evidence. No significant effects were found in other cognitive domains or self-reported indices. Although these results contrast with previous meta-analyses, this study includes a larger dataset, enhancing the robustness of the results, and introduces a novel analysis strategy by grouping neuropsychological tests according to international classifications. In conclusion, CT shows a small benefit for executive functioning in CRCI, but high-quality studies are needed to confirm its efficacy.</p>","PeriodicalId":49754,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2026-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147822904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicola Davide Cavallo, Federica Amitrano, Armando Coccia, Carlo Miccio, Gabriella Santangelo, Laura Marcuccio, Giovanni D'Addio, Pasquale Moretta
{"title":"Immersive Virtual Reality in Neuropsychological Assessment of Acquired Brain Injury: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Nicola Davide Cavallo, Federica Amitrano, Armando Coccia, Carlo Miccio, Gabriella Santangelo, Laura Marcuccio, Giovanni D'Addio, Pasquale Moretta","doi":"10.1007/s11065-026-09693-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-026-09693-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49754,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147718537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Elise M Verhoog, Luciano Fasotti, Roy P C Kessels, Dirk Bertens
{"title":"Compensatory Strategy Training Versus Computerized Restorative Function Training for Adults in the Chronic Stage After Acquired Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.","authors":"Elise M Verhoog, Luciano Fasotti, Roy P C Kessels, Dirk Bertens","doi":"10.1007/s11065-025-09682-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-025-09682-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although compensatory strategy training (CST) interventions are often regarded as the golden standard in practice, computerized restorative function training (CRFT) interventions became increasingly popular in recent years to rehabilitate cognitive problems in individuals with brain injuries. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we aimed to investigate the efficacy of CST interventions in comparison to CRFT interventions with a particular focus on generalization of treatment effects to daily life. More specifically, we evaluated the efficacy across the components of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework, with a particular focus on outcome measures at the activity and participation levels, as these are crucial for evaluating generalization. Database searches were conducted of studies investigating CST and CRFT interventions in comparison either with an active control condition or with one another. Scientific quality and risk of bias was rated using the RoB-2 Cochrane Tool. Thirty studies met the inclusion criteria. The findings indicated that CST results in significant improvements on task performance (at the ICF activity level), as measured by proxy ratings. These effects were most notable for interventions targeting executive functioning and immediately post-treatment, with long-term effects remaining unclear. Notably, CRFT showed no improvements, with the active control group demonstrating significantly better task performance post-treatment compared to the CRFT group. However, further research is necessary to conduct a robust direct comparison between both interventions, to evaluate the long-term effects at the ICF activity level, and to evaluate which intervention method leads to improvements at the participation level.</p>","PeriodicalId":49754,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147629034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Irena Semancikova, Filip Dechterenko, Pooja Patel, Ondrej Bezdicek
{"title":"Substance-induced Psychotic Disorders Cause Convergent Cognitive Impairment to Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A meta-analysis of Comparative Studies.","authors":"Irena Semancikova, Filip Dechterenko, Pooja Patel, Ondrej Bezdicek","doi":"10.1007/s11065-025-09687-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-025-09687-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49754,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2026-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147624514","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Holly H Fleischmann, Abigale E Derusha, Andrew M Kiselica, Stephen Correia, Lawrence H Sweet
{"title":"The Relationship Between Subjective and Objective Fatigue Assessment Approaches in Multiple Sclerosis: A Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Holly H Fleischmann, Abigale E Derusha, Andrew M Kiselica, Stephen Correia, Lawrence H Sweet","doi":"10.1007/s11065-026-09696-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-026-09696-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49754,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147475360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to Leonhard (2023): Review of Statistical and Methodological Issues in the Forensic Prediction of Malingering from Validity Tests: Part I: Statistical Issues.","authors":"Christoph Leonhard","doi":"10.1007/s11065-026-09692-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-026-09692-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49754,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147311748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kadie Cheng, Romina Palermo, Simone Favelle, Rose Ferguson, Megan L Willis
{"title":"Insight into Face Identity Recognition Ability: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.","authors":"Kadie Cheng, Romina Palermo, Simone Favelle, Rose Ferguson, Megan L Willis","doi":"10.1007/s11065-025-09675-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-025-09675-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This review estimated the strength of the relationship between self-reported and objectively measured face identity recognition ability and examined potential moderators of this relationship. CINAHL, Medline, PsycInfo, Scopus, and ProQuest Dissertation and Theses databases were searched on April 16, 2025, for two concepts: insight and face recognition. Studies were included if they were written in English, comprised adult samples, included an objective face recognition task and a measure of self-reported face recognition ability, and reported the relationship between the two. Forty-four studies (N = 11,074) comprising 141 effect sizes were included in a random effects meta-analysis with robust variance estimation, which revealed a significant, positive relationship between self-reported and objective face recognition ability of medium strength (r = .26, 95% CI [.22, .30]). Moderator analyses revealed a stronger effect size for samples comprising a combination of neurotypicals and developmental prosopagnosics (r = .64, 95% CI [.47, .80]) compared to studies comprising only neurotypicals (r = .27, 95% CI [.22, .32]), developmental prosopagnosics (r = .15, CI [-.04, .35]), or super-recognisers (r = .16, 95% CI [.05, .28]). A stronger effect size was observed for face memory tasks (r = .30, 95% CI [.26, .34]) compared to face perception tasks (r = .21, 95% CI [.15, .28]). Considerable heterogeneity was evident between studies comprising neurotypical samples, which may be attributable to methodological differences in exclusion criteria and participant characteristics related to face recognition ability, which were generally poorly reported across studies. Collectively, findings indicate people have modest insight into their face recognition ability, and self-report measures offer limited utility for identifying face recognition difficulties.</p>","PeriodicalId":49754,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147311952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Valerio Manippa, Annalisa Palmisano, Michael A Nitsche, Marco Filardi, Davide Vilella, Giancarlo Logroscino, Davide Rivolta
{"title":"Correction to: Cognitive and Neuropathophysiological Outcomes of Gamma-tACS in Dementia: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Valerio Manippa, Annalisa Palmisano, Michael A Nitsche, Marco Filardi, Davide Vilella, Giancarlo Logroscino, Davide Rivolta","doi":"10.1007/s11065-025-09676-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-025-09676-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49754,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147291109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David de Noreña-Martínez, Ignacio Sánchez-Cubillo, Daniel Adrover-Roig, José Ignacio Quemada, Marcos Ríos-Lago
{"title":"Apathy Through History: A Disorder at the Crossroads of Psychiatry and Neurology.","authors":"David de Noreña-Martínez, Ignacio Sánchez-Cubillo, Daniel Adrover-Roig, José Ignacio Quemada, Marcos Ríos-Lago","doi":"10.1007/s11065-026-09694-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11065-026-09694-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49754,"journal":{"name":"Neuropsychology Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147286019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}