Jai Carmichael, Alexia Samiotis, Kayla Andrews, Jao-Yue Carminati, Lisa Johnston, Gershon Spitz, Kate Rachel Gould, Jennie Ponsford
{"title":"Psychological and cognitive correlates of suicidal ideation following traumatic brain injury.","authors":"Jai Carmichael, Alexia Samiotis, Kayla Andrews, Jao-Yue Carminati, Lisa Johnston, Gershon Spitz, Kate Rachel Gould, Jennie Ponsford","doi":"10.1017/S1355617725101471","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617725101471","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>While psychiatric disorders (e.g., depression, anxiety) are well-established predictors of suicidal ideation (SI) in individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI), the roles of other psychological and cognitive factors remain underexplored. This study examined associations between SI and emotion-processing difficulties, coping strategies, psychological resilience, and cognitive functioning after moderate-severe TBI.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>This was a secondary analysis of data from 106 individuals with moderate-severe TBI. SI and emotional distress were assessed using the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, respectively. Participants also completed measures of emotional lability and detachment (Comprehensive Assessment of Traits Relevant to Personality Disorders [CAT-PD]), coping (Coping Scale for Adults), psychological resilience (Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale), and cognitive functioning, including subjective (CAT-PD, Brief Rating of Executive Function) and objective measures (Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone). Spearman's correlations and path models were used to examine psychological and cognitive correlates of SI.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>SI was positively associated with emotional lability, emotional detachment, non-productive coping, and self-reported cognitive problems, and negatively associated with resilience. Path models indicated that emotional distress accounted for 76-100% of these associations. Conversely, SI was not significantly associated with adaptive coping or objective cognitive performance.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Emotion-processing difficulties, non-productive coping strategies, low resilience, and self-reported cognitive problems are linked to SI in individuals with moderate-severe TBI, primarily through their associations with emotional distress. Findings underscore the importance of addressing emotional distress, including depression and anxiety, and its underlying contributors in suicide prevention for this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":49995,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145349644","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}
Rachel N Schade, Katie Rodriguez, Lauren E Kenney, Adrianna M Ratajska, Kelly D Foote, Justin D Hilliard, Michael S Okun, Dawn Bowers
{"title":"Screening for a \"trifecta\" of executive function patterns in a large cohort of individuals with Parkinson's disease.","authors":"Rachel N Schade, Katie Rodriguez, Lauren E Kenney, Adrianna M Ratajska, Kelly D Foote, Justin D Hilliard, Michael S Okun, Dawn Bowers","doi":"10.1017/S1355617725101239","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1355617725101239","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study examined three neurocognitive patterns or \"clinical pearls\" historically viewed as evidence for executive dysfunction in Parkinson disease (PD): 1) letter < category fluency; 2) word list < story delayed recall; 3) word list delayed recall < recognition. The association between intraindividual magnitudes of each neuropsychological pattern and individual performance on traditional executive function tests was examined.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A clinical sample of 772 individuals with PD underwent neuropsychological testing including tests of verbal fluency, word list/story recall, recognition memory, and executive function. Raw scores were demographically normed (Heaton) and converted to z-scores for group-level analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Letter fluency performance was worse than category fluency (<i>d</i> = -0.12), with 28% of participants showing a discrepancy of ≥ -1.0 SD. Delayed recall of a list was markedly poorer than story recall (d = -0.86), with 52% of the sample exhibiting ≥ -1.0 SD deficits. Lastly, delayed free recall was worse than recognition memory (d = -0.25), with 24% showing a discrepancy of ≥ -1.0 SD. These patterns did not consistently correlate with executive function scores. The word list < story recall pattern was more common in earlier than later PD stages and durations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Among the three pearls, the most pronounced was stronger memory performance on story recall than word lists, observed in more than half the sample. Only ¼ the participants exhibited all three neurocognitive patterns simultaneously. The variability in patterns across individuals highlights the heterogeneity of cognitive impairment in PD and suggests that intra-individual comparisons may offer a more nuanced insight into cognitive functioning.</p>","PeriodicalId":49995,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12752473/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144876443","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}
Shonimá G Gangaram-Panday, Hanne Huygelier, Nele Demeyere, Céline R Gillebert
{"title":"The Oxford Cognitive Screen in culturally diverse populations: A comparative study of Suriname and Belgium.","authors":"Shonimá G Gangaram-Panday, Hanne Huygelier, Nele Demeyere, Céline R Gillebert","doi":"10.1017/S1355617725101173","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355617725101173","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Post-stroke neurocognitive disorders are highly prevalent, yet screening tools that are fit for culturally diverse populations are scarce. This study evaluates the impact of cultural differences on the Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS), a stroke-specific screening tool.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To evaluate cultural differences, we compared two populations with varying degrees of cultural diversity and Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic (WEIRD) characteristics. We adapted the Dutch OCS for Suriname through a multi-stage process. Using Bayesian hierarchical regression analysis, we compared 264 Surinamese participants, assessed with the adapted Dutch OCS, with 247 Belgian participants, assessed with the Dutch OCS, while controlling for age and education. We further investigated whether the associations of age and education with performance were comparable between the two populations.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Our findings revealed minimal differences in OCS performance between the Belgian and Surinamese populations. Both populations showed similar age-related decline and education-related improvement across all subtests, except for Picture naming, where the age-related decline was more pronounced in the Belgian population.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings suggest that with minimal adaptation, the OCS is a viable tool for screening post-stroke neurocognitive disorders in culturally diverse populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":49995,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society","volume":" ","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144876444","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}
David W Loring, Felicia C Goldstein, James J Lah, Daniel M Bolt
{"title":"Recognizing improved Complex Figure memory assessment: The Emory 4-choice Complex Figure recognition task.","authors":"David W Loring, Felicia C Goldstein, James J Lah, Daniel M Bolt","doi":"10.1017/S135561772510115X","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S135561772510115X","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We compare the Emory 10-item, 4-choice Rey Complex Figure (CF) Recognition task with the Meyers and Lange (M&L) 24-item yes/no CF Recognition task in a large cohort of healthy research participants and in patients with heterogeneous movement disorder diagnoses. While both tasks assess CF recognition, they differ in key aspects including the saliency of target and distractor responses, self-selection versus forced-choice formats, and the length of the item sets.</p><p><strong>Participants and methods: </strong>There were 1056 participants from the Emory Healthy Brain Study (EHBS; average MoCA = 26.8, SD = 2.4) and 223 movement disorder patients undergoing neuropsychological evaluation (average MoCA = 24.3, SD = 4.0).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both recognition tasks differentiated between healthy and clinical groups; however, the Emory task demonstrated a larger effect size (Cohen's <i>d</i> = 1.02) compared to the M&L task (Cohen's <i>d</i> = 0.79). d-prime scoring of M&L recognition showed comparable group discrimination (Cohen's <i>d</i> = 0.81). Unidimensional two-parameter logistic item response theory analysis revealed that many M&L items had low discrimination values and extreme difficulty parameters, which contributed to the task's reduced sensitivity, particularly at lower cognitive proficiency levels relevant to clinical diagnosis. Dimensionality analyses indicated the influence of response sets as a potential contributor to poor item performance.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Emory CF Recognition task demonstrates superior psychometric properties and greater sensitivity to cognitive impairment compared to the M&L task. Its ability to more precisely measure lower levels of cognitive functioning, along with its brevity, suggests it may be more effective for diagnostic use, especially in clinical populations with cognitive decline.</p>","PeriodicalId":49995,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society","volume":" ","pages":"548-555"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144643975","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":"The role of age and physical fitness on the relationship between physical activity and executive function.","authors":"Matthew Stauder, Olivia Horn, Scott M Hayes","doi":"10.1017/S1355617725101446","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1355617725101446","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Few studies examine the relationship between physical activity, multiple physical fitness domains (cardiorespiratory fitness, strength, speed), and cognition. Our objective was to investigate the association between physical activity and executive function in middle-aged and older adults and examine whether modifiable physical fitness components explain the relationship between physical activity and cognition.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Self-reported moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and objective measures of cardiorespiratory fitness (2-minute walk test), strength (grip strength), speed (4-meter walk test), and executive function were collected from 623 adults within the Human Connectome Project-Aging (ages 36 - 100 years; mean = 59.2 years; 57.8% female). Relative importance metrics, multiple regression, and conditional process analysis were used to examine relationships of age, physical activity, and physical fitness with executive function.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Greater physical fitness was related to better executive function performance (<i>β</i> = 0.28, <i>p</i> < .001). Physical activity was not associated with executive function (<i>β</i> = -0.04, <i>p</i> = .16). There was an indirect relationship between physical activity and executive function through physical fitness (ab = 0.02, 95% CI: 0.004 - 0.04). This association was explained primarily by the indirect association of cardiorespiratory fitness with physical activity and executive function. The indirect association of cardiorespiratory fitness with physical activity and executive function was significant in older study participants (mean (59 years) and + 1 SD (74 years)), but not younger (-1 SD (44 years)), although between-group comparisons were not significant.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These data highlight potential differential associations with cognition when considering physical activity and physical fitness, and the importance of considering multiple domains of physical fitness in relation to physical activity and cognitive performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":49995,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society","volume":" ","pages":"479-489"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12683824/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145349580","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}
Alina Lesnovskaya, Rebecca G Reed, Chelsea M Stillman, Janine D Flory, Kirk I Erickson, Anna L Marsland, Aidan G C Wright, Matthew F Muldoon, Stephen B Manuck
{"title":"Cardiometabolic risk accounts for associations between personality and cognition in midlife.","authors":"Alina Lesnovskaya, Rebecca G Reed, Chelsea M Stillman, Janine D Flory, Kirk I Erickson, Anna L Marsland, Aidan G C Wright, Matthew F Muldoon, Stephen B Manuck","doi":"10.1017/S1355617725101288","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1355617725101288","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Five-Factor Model (FFM) personality traits are associated with cognitive function, however, biological pathways accounting for these relations are not well understood. Here, we examined associations between individual FFM traits (self- and informant-reported) and cognitive function (episodic memory, executive control, and working memory), and the indirect effect of a latent index of cardiometabolic risk (composed of adiposity, glycemic control, blood pressure, blood lipids, and inflammation) in a midlife sample.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants included 856 volunteers (<i>M</i> = 44.6 ± 6.9 years, range: 30 - 54; Female 54%; Caucasian 85%) from the Adult Health and Behavior (AHAB) registry. Structural equation models were used to: (1) regress cognitive performance on FFM traits and (2) test indirect effects of cardiometabolic risk. Age, sex, and race were included as covariates in all models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Lower Neuroticism, higher Openness, and higher Agreeableness were significantly associated with better performance in each cognitive domain, and higher Conscientiousness was associated with better working memory. Associations between these traits and executive control were accounted for by a significant indirect effect of lower cardiometabolic risk, and in component-specific analyses, by indirect effects of adiposity and systemic inflammation.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Overall, FFM personality traits were associated with multiple domains of cognitive performance, which, in the case of executive control, was partially explained by differences in cardiometabolic risk. Future investigations should examine whether these pathways account for longitudinal change in cognition.</p>","PeriodicalId":49995,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society","volume":" ","pages":"534-547"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145338076","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":"Method of loci and semantic link: Assessment of memory benefits in healthy aging.","authors":"Laure Debroux, Christine Bastin, Emma Delhaye","doi":"10.1017/S1355617725101501","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1355617725101501","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Episodic memory naturally declines with age. The method of loci is an encoding strategy that has been shown to enhance episodic memory. However, it relies heavily on associative memory, as it consists in associating each item of a to-be-learnt list with a location along a familiar route, and associative memory is thought to be the source of the episodic age-related decline. However, when associative memory is supported by semantic knowledge, older adults can compensate for this decline. This study aims to explore the use of the method of loci, that we adapted to leverage pre-existing knowledge in semantic memory, to improve episodic memory in aging.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Word recall performance of young (18-30 years old) and older (60-75 years old) participants was tested after encoding word lists using the method of loci under two conditions: congruent or incongruent with pre-existing knowledge, compared to a control condition.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results showed significant memory performance improvement in both groups when the method of loci was used with congruent associations. In contrast, in older adults, performance in the incongruent condition did not improve compared with that observed during encoding without a specific strategy, highlighting the importance of semantic links for associative memory. Furthermore, using the method of loci with congruent associations, older adults displayed recall performance equivalent to young adults, while it was not the case with incongruent associations.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The method of loci applied in conditions of semantic congruence thus appears to be a promising compensatory strategy for older adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":49995,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society","volume":" ","pages":"509-517"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145338127","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":"Normative data for Vietnamese population: Effects of age, education, and sex on test performance.","authors":"Truc Tran Thanh Nguyen, Thanh-Liem Do, Huong Thi Thu Tran, Ingo Kilimann, Cong-Thang Tran","doi":"10.1017/S1355617725101100","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1355617725101100","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Normative data of neuropsychological tests in the Vietnamese population is considerably lacking. We aim to evaluate the effects of age, education, and sex on the performance of common neuropsychological tests, and to generate normative data for these tests in cognitively normal Vietnamese adults.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Participants were recruited from two hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, with inclusion criteria as follows: age ≥ 40 years, normal cognition and function, and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores ≥ 26. Neuropsychological tests were administered in a paper-and-pencil format, including the CERAD Word List, Trail Making Tests, Digit Span, Animal Naming, and Clock Drawing Test. Effects of age, education, and sex on test performance were evaluated using multiple linear regression analyses. Normed scores were reported as regression-based and discrete norms tables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants included 385 cognitively normal Vietnamese, with age 61.4 ± 10.9 years (range 40 - 89), female 56%, who were relatively highly educated (42% attended college and beyond, 36% attended high school or equivalent institutions, 22% had less than high school education), and had MMSE scores 27.8 ± 1.0. Trail Making Test Part B was completed within 300 s by only 204/385 (53%) participants. Regression analyses demonstrated significant associations between age and education with performance on all or most tests, and between sex and all CERAD Word List measures and Clock Drawing Test.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The present work provides the first known normative data for a relatively comprehensive neuropsychological battery in Vietnamese adults. Performance on all tests was significantly influenced by age and education.</p>","PeriodicalId":49995,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society","volume":" ","pages":"573-581"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12752475/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144555573","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}
Gema Climent, Joseph James Cosgrove, Fidel Rebon-Ortiz, Irene Alice Chicchi Giglioli, Unai Diaz-Orueta
{"title":"Source memory across the lifespan: Insights from a virtual reality based neuropsychological assessment.","authors":"Gema Climent, Joseph James Cosgrove, Fidel Rebon-Ortiz, Irene Alice Chicchi Giglioli, Unai Diaz-Orueta","doi":"10.1017/S1355617725101483","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1355617725101483","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The goal of the current study was to study the contribution of source memory, more specifically, a source memory task, on the memory performance measured with a novel virtual reality (VR)-based neuropsychological assessment test, i.e., the Suite Test.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The sample included 676 subjects (49.7% female), aged from 12 to 85 years. The Suite test comprises a 360-degree VR environment designed as a furniture shop. Participants must group specific sets of furniture items (ordered by different families of customers) by clicking on the furniture to be packed, following instructions from a voice-over. All participants were administered the full version of the test, which comprises, among others, an immediate recall task, a source memory task, a short-term delayed recall task, a long-term delayed recall task, and a recognition trial.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Performance on the VR source memory task was associated with recall across age groups, with a stronger contribution in older adults, often enhancing long-term recall. In contrast, younger individuals relied more on immediate and short-term delayed recall, with weaker relationships between source memory and the other types, suggesting that it plays a more secondary role in younger participants.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The Suite Test VR-based test effectively explores source memory contributions across the lifespan. By immersing participants in a dynamic VR environment, it reveals how source memory relates to other memory types, showing age-related differences and offering valuable insights about cognitive changes, as well as about future research implications in the area of memory assessment.</p>","PeriodicalId":49995,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society","volume":" ","pages":"499-508"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145338064","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}
Maral Aghvinian, Qi Huang, Denise S Oleas, Elizabeth A Breen, Alexander W Slaughter, Danqi Zhu, Heining Cham, Alyssa Arentoft, Molly E Zimmerman, Monica Rivera Mindt
{"title":"Culture, context, and cognition: A meta-analytic review examining the relationship between United States acculturation and neuropsychological functioning.","authors":"Maral Aghvinian, Qi Huang, Denise S Oleas, Elizabeth A Breen, Alexander W Slaughter, Danqi Zhu, Heining Cham, Alyssa Arentoft, Molly E Zimmerman, Monica Rivera Mindt","doi":"10.1017/S1355617725101264","DOIUrl":"10.1017/S1355617725101264","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Research indicates that demographic (e.g., age, education) and sociocultural (e.g., acculturation) factors can impact neuropsychological test performance among ethnoculturally diverse adults. Some studies suggest that greater acculturation to the United States (U.S.) is associated with better neurocognitive functioning, though no meta-analysis to date has examined this relationship. This review provides a comprehensive synthesis of the literature and determines the magnitude of the relationship between acculturation and neuropsychological test performance.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A literature search explored all published articles through January 1, 2024, using three databases (i.e., PubMED/MEDLINE, PsycInfo, PsycNET). Data to calculate study effect sizes (i.e., Fisher's <i>z</i>) were extracted from in-text results, tables, and figures.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Findings (<i>k</i> = 18 included in quantitative analyses) revealed a small to medium (<i>r</i> = 0.29, partial <i>r</i> = 0.20, <i>p</i> < .01), statistically significant relationship between higher U.S. acculturation and better neuropsychological test performance. Moderation analyses indicated that language of testing emerged as a significant moderator, testing in English yielded larger effect sizes compared to testing in other languages (<i>B</i> = 0.29, <i>p</i> < .05).</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Neuropsychological test performance is significantly associated with U.S. acculturation, and results suggest that the magnitude may vary depending on study methodologies and samples (e.g., ethnocultural group, U.S. born vs. immigrant) examined. The current review also provides recommendations for incorporating acculturation assessment into clinical practice and highlights the need to examine the clinical utility of acculturation tools in conjunction with neuropsychological tests to assist in clinical decision-making with ethnoculturally diverse populations.</p>","PeriodicalId":49995,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society","volume":" ","pages":"592-609"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145349592","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}