{"title":"Everyday Spatial Behavioral Questionnaire 11 Component Model.","authors":"Mark Y Czarnolewski","doi":"10.1080/23279095.2023.2267711","DOIUrl":"10.1080/23279095.2023.2267711","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present work builds on prior research to develop the Everyday Spatial Behavioral Questionnaire (ESBQ or EBQ), a measure of self-reported difficulty in performing familiar activities that involve spatial thinking. A principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were employed to identify reliable categories of everyday spatial behaviors. A test of measurement invariance was employed across two independent samples of college students to validate an 11-Component Model as a representation of the ESBQ. The model met criteria necessary to represent a strong model in terms of the ESBQ having the same structure and meaning in both samples. Both samples had eight of the 11 sub-scales with Cronbach alphas greater than .7, while for five of these eight sub-scales Cronbach alphas were greater than .8. Alphas were lower in the second sample than the first. The scales require construct and criterion-related validity assessment.</p>","PeriodicalId":51308,"journal":{"name":"Applied Neuropsychology-Adult","volume":" ","pages":"1334-1345"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41240708","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":"Glycaemic profile and cognitive impairment in individuals with diabetes mellitus: A cross-sectional study on HbA1c, random blood glucose, and serum insulin levels.","authors":"Ludimila Queiroz Oliveira, Micaela Rabelo Quadra, Antônio Augusto Schäfer, Fernanda Oliveira Meller, Elton Brás Camargo Júnior, Emilio Luiz Streck","doi":"10.1080/23279095.2025.2552267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23279095.2025.2552267","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study aimed to evaluate the association between glycaemic profile, evaluated by glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), random blood glucose, and serum insulin, and the cognitive impairment in individuals with DM. This cross-sectional study was conducted in a clinical school at a University in Southern Brazil, between March and August 2023. Individuals (≥18 years) with a medical diagnosis of DM were studied. The outcome was cognitive impairment assessed by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, and the exposures were random blood glucose, HbA1c, and serum insulin. In total, 365 individuals were studied. Cognitive impairment was identified in 67.9% of the participants, and high levels of blood glucose, HbA1c, and blood insulin were found in 41.9%, 55.1%, and 48.2% of the individuals, respectively. There was no association between the glycaemic profile (random blood glucose, HbA1c, serum insulin) and cognitive impairment, before and after adjustment for confounding factors. Sensitivity analyses also showed no association. In conclusion, although there was no association between glycaemic profile and cognitive function, a high prevalence of both cognitive impairment and uncontrolled glycemia was found in individuals with DM. These findings raise questions about the mechanisms involved in DM-related cognitive impairments, highlighting the need for broader investigations to guide public health strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":51308,"journal":{"name":"Applied Neuropsychology-Adult","volume":" ","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977809","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}
Anas R Alashram, Qusai Janada, Tamara Ghrear, Giuseppe Annino
{"title":"Role of music therapy in improving cognitive function post-traumatic brain injury: A systematic review.","authors":"Anas R Alashram, Qusai Janada, Tamara Ghrear, Giuseppe Annino","doi":"10.1080/23279095.2023.2228951","DOIUrl":"10.1080/23279095.2023.2228951","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cognitive deficits are one of the most prevalent impairments in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Music therapy has the potential to be a valuable intervention for improving cognitive function. This review aimed to investigate the effects of music therapy on cognitive function in patients with TBI. Scopus, PubMed, REHABDATA, PEDro, EMBASE, and web of science were searched for experimental trials examining the impacts of music therapy on cognition in patients with TBI from inception until December 2022. Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale was used to evaluate the methodological quality of the included studies. Five studies met the inclusion criteria. A total of 122 patients with TBI were included in this review, 32% of whom were females. The PEDro scores ranged from four to seven, with a median of five. The findings showed that music therapy could be effective in improving executive function post-TBI, with limited evidence for the effects on memory and attention. Music therapy might be safe in patients with TBI. The evidence for the effect of music therapy on executive function in patients with TBI is promising. Further studies with larger sample sizes and long-term follow-ups are strongly needed.</p>","PeriodicalId":51308,"journal":{"name":"Applied Neuropsychology-Adult","volume":" ","pages":"1486-1495"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9752706","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 executive functions among patients with an initial Glasgow coma scale score of 15.","authors":"Nai-Wen Guo, Willy Chou, Jinn-Rung Kuo, Yu-Chi Liao, Ming-Tsung Chuang, Bei-Yi Su","doi":"10.1080/23279095.2023.2266080","DOIUrl":"10.1080/23279095.2023.2266080","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Executive functions (EF) were the critical neuropsychological functions linked to long-term adaptation. Given the heterogeneous prognosis trajectories of mild traumatic brain jury (mTBI), the mildest TBI may not always be benign in the chronic stage. The present study explored the long-term EF in patients with chronic complicated mTBI and a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 15. Fifty patients with complicated mTBI and GCS scores of 15 and 35 control participants were recruited in this study. Medical records were retrospectively analyzed, and neuropsychological assessments and subjective measures examined the neuropsychological functions. Compared with healthy controls, complicated mTBI patients with a GCS score of 15 performed significantly worse on most EF assessments, including longer reaction time (RT) and poor cognitive flexibility and abstract reasoning performances. Patients also reported more EF problems and lower quality of life (QoL) than healthy controls. Females and those with subdural hematoma (SDH) had significantly longer reaction times (RT) on executive attention tests. This study found that complicated mTBI with a GCS score of 15 had incomplete recovery of EF, even in the chronic stage. We suggest that early neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation should be arranged for such patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":51308,"journal":{"name":"Applied Neuropsychology-Adult","volume":" ","pages":"1317-1325"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50163718","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}
Anya Umlauf, Florin Vaida, Saurabh Gupta, Mariana Cherner, Richard C Gershon, Robert K Heaton
{"title":"Automated procedure for demographic adjustments on cognitive test scores.","authors":"Anya Umlauf, Florin Vaida, Saurabh Gupta, Mariana Cherner, Richard C Gershon, Robert K Heaton","doi":"10.1080/23279095.2023.2288231","DOIUrl":"10.1080/23279095.2023.2288231","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Performances of normal people on cognitive tests are known to vary by demographic characteristics, such as age, education, and sex. Thus, cognitive test scores should be corrected for demographic influences when they are used to detect below-expected results due to disease or injury involving the central nervous system (CNS). Normative corrections, if estimated from a large, diverse, and well-characterized cohort of controls, help to remove expected differences in cognitive performance associated with normal demographic characteristics and associated socio-economic disadvantages. In this paper, we (1) describe in detail the process of generating regression-based normative standards, and its advantages and limitations, (2) provide recommendations for applying these normative standards to data from individuals and populations at risk for CNS dysfunction, and (3) introduce an R package, <i>test2norm</i>, that contains functions for producing and applying normative formulas to generate demographically corrected scores for measuring deviations from expected, normal cognitive performances.</p>","PeriodicalId":51308,"journal":{"name":"Applied Neuropsychology-Adult","volume":" ","pages":"1476-1485"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11150334/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138489022","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}
Aaron J Kivisto, Alexis Guynn, Hallie Jenson, Emma Knowles, Pragati Sai Magham, Courtney Miner, Keana Scelsi, Megan Porter Staats
{"title":"Intelligence is a poor predictor of nonrestorability of competence to stand trial.","authors":"Aaron J Kivisto, Alexis Guynn, Hallie Jenson, Emma Knowles, Pragati Sai Magham, Courtney Miner, Keana Scelsi, Megan Porter Staats","doi":"10.1080/23279095.2023.2253949","DOIUrl":"10.1080/23279095.2023.2253949","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Criminal defendants found incompetent to stand trial (IST) may only be committed for competency restoration if their restoration success is considered likely and when this aim can be met within a \"reasonable\" period of time. In this study, we evaluated the predictive validity and test accuracy of standardized intelligence testing on the classification of nonrestorability in a sample of 293 male patients adjudicated IST and committed for inpatient restoration. At 90 days, 17.0% of cases with FSIQ scores within one standard deviation of the mean were unrestored, and nonrestoration rates increased with each additional FSIQ standard deviation decrement to 29.5%, 38.8%, and 59.5%. Time-to-event analyses found that whereas half of patients with FSIQ scores of 56 or higher would be predicted to be restored within 64 days, the median restoration timeline was 145 days for patients with FSIQ scores of 55 or below. Positive predictive values associated with the range of possible FSIQ scores were uniformly low at modeled nonrestoration prevalence rates of 5%, 15%, and 25<b>%</b>, rarely exceeding chance levels. We conclude that although FSIQ scores are relevant to predictions of nonrestorability, particularly when scores are at least three standard deviations below average, the accuracy of individual FSIQ-based predictions of nonrestorability are limited.</p>","PeriodicalId":51308,"journal":{"name":"Applied Neuropsychology-Adult","volume":" ","pages":"1244-1253"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10170221","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":"A review of the reliability of remote neuropsychological assessment.","authors":"Tyler Brown, Konstantine K Zakzanis","doi":"10.1080/23279095.2023.2279208","DOIUrl":"10.1080/23279095.2023.2279208","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The provision of clinical neuropsychological services has predominately been undertaken by way of standardized administration in a face-to-face setting. Interpretation of psychometric findings in this context is dependent on the use of normative comparison. When the standardization in which such psychometric measures are employed deviates from how they were employed in the context of the development of its associated norms, one is left to question the reliability and hence, validity of any such findings and in turn, diagnostic decision making. In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic and resultant social distancing direction, face-to-face neuropsychological assessment has been challenging to undertake. As such, remote (i.e., virtual) neuropsychological assessment has become an obvious solution. Here, and before the results from remote neuropsychological assessment can be said to stand on firm scientific grounds, it is paramount to ensure that results garnered remotely are reliable and valid. To this end, we undertook a review of the literature and present an overview of the landscape. To date, the literature shows evidence for the reliability of remote administration and the clinical implications are paramount. When and where needed, neuropsychologists, psychometric technicians and examinees may no longer need to be in the same physical space to undergo an assessment. These findings are most relevant given the physical distancing practices because of COVID-19. And whilst remote assessment should never supplant face-to-face neuropsychological assessments, it does serve as a valid alternative when necessary.</p>","PeriodicalId":51308,"journal":{"name":"Applied Neuropsychology-Adult","volume":" ","pages":"1536-1542"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138435384","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}