What do health professionals need to know about young onset dementia? An international Delphi consensus study by Leah Couzner, Sally Day, Brian Draper, Adrienne Withall, Kate E. Laver, Claire Eccleston, Kate-Ellen Elliott, Fran McInerney, Monica Cations

“…Their roles included neurologist, psychiatrist and neuropsychiatrist, psychologist, neuropsychologist and geropsychologist, physician, social worker and nurse practitioner. …”
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The Charlotte Project: Recommendations for patient-reported outcomes and clinical parameters in Dravet syndrome through a qualitative and Delphi consensus study by Ángel Aledo-Serrano, Ana Mingorance, Vicente Villanueva, Juan José García-Peñas, Antonio Gil-Nagel, Susana Boronat, JoséÁngel Aibar, Silvia Cámara, María José Yániz, Luis Miguel Aras, Bárbara Blanco, Rocío Sánchez-Carpintero

“…This study aimed to identify, through a qualitative methodology and a Delphi consensus-driven process, a set of recommendations for the management of DS to guide clinicians in the assessment of the clinical condition and quality of life (QoL) of DS patients, with a special focus on patient- and caregiver-reported outcomes (PROs).MethodsThis study was conducted in five phases, led by a multidisciplinary scientific committee (SC) including pediatric neurologists, epileptologists, a neuropsychologist, an epilepsy nurse, and members of DS patient advocates. …”
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The Assessment of the Socioemotional Disorder in Neurodegenerative Diseases with the Revised Self-Monitoring Scale (RSMS) by Tatiana Dimitriou, Theodore Parthimos, Vasiliki Kamtsadeli, Niki Tsinia, Maria Hatzopoulou, Evi Lykou, Lina Chatziantoniou, Olga Papatriantafyllou, Chara Tzavara, Panagiotis Zikos, Sokratis Papageorgiou, Bruce Miller, Kate Rankin, John Papatriantafyllou

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5-ALA-guided tumor resection during awake speech mapping in gliomas located in eloquent speech areas: Single-center experience by Sergey A. Goryaynov, Svetlana B. Buklina, Ivan V. Khapov, Artyom I. Batalov, Alexander A. Potapov, Igor N. Pronin, Artem U. Belyaev, Andrey A. Aristov, Vadim U. Zhukov, Galina V. Pavlova, Galina V. Pavlova, Galina V. Pavlova, Evgenii Belykh

“…Speech function was assessed by a trained neuropsychologist before, during, and after surgery.ResultsIn 28 patients operated with cortical mapping and 5-ALA guidance (12 Grade 4, 6 Grade 3, and 10 Grade 2 gliomas), Broca’s area was identified in 23 cases and Wernicke’s area was identified in 5 cases. …”
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Effects of a self-care educational program via telerehabilitation on quality of life and caregiver burden in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a single-blinded randomized clinical tri... by Emília Márcia Gomes de Souza e Silva, Emília Márcia Gomes de Souza e Silva, Stephano Tomaz da Silva, Stephano Tomaz da Silva, Ledycnarf Januário de Holanda, Ledycnarf Januário de Holanda, Daniel Tezoni Borges, Ana Paula Mendonça Fernandes, Kelly Evangelista Rodrigues da Silva, Tatiana Souza Ribeiro, Tatiana Souza Ribeiro, Luciana Protásio de Melo, Luciana Protásio de Melo, Ricardo Alexsandro de Medeiros Valentim, Ricardo Alexsandro de Medeiros Valentim, Danilo Alves Pinto Nagem, Danilo Alves Pinto Nagem, Ana Raquel Rodrigues Lindquist, Ana Raquel Rodrigues Lindquist

“…The EG will receive an informative booklet and participate in a 6-week synchronous telerehabilitation program with a neuropsychologist, nutritionist, and physiotherapist to discuss physical and mental health. …”
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Lamotrigine (Sazar) in the treatment of epilepsy: four years of experience in Svt. Luka's Association of Medical institutions for the Diagnosis, Treatment, and Rehabilitation of Ne... by K. Yu. Mukhin, O. A. Pylaeva, M. Yu. Bobylova, N. V. Freydkova

“…None of the patients reported any negative effects of Sazar on their memory, attention, mood, and behavior (as evaluated by patients and parents; in some cases, by a neuropsychologist).Patients’ adherence to treatment confirmed high Sazar efficacy and tolerability: 82 out of 104 patients (78.8 %) continued to receive the drug after 6 months of treatment and 69 patients (66.3 %) still continued it after 12 months of treatment. …”
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Comparison between telestroke versus face-to-face thrombolysis models in stroke management in Colombia by A.N.M. Alexandra, B.S.J. Luis, R.C.E. Carlos, J.L.S. Patricia, M.R.B. Alexander, A.P. Alexander, E.M. Álvaro, M.L. Alfredo, L.V. Norman, C.C. Loida

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European Clinical Neuropsychology: Role in Healthcare and Access to Neuropsychological Services by Erich Kasten, Fernando Barbosa, Mary H. Kosmidis, Bengt A. Persson, Marios Constantinou, Gus A. Baker, Sandra Lettner, Laura Hokkanen, Amélie Ponchel, Sara Mondini, Maria K. Jonsdottir, Nataliya Varako, Tomas Nikolai, Aiste Pranckeviciene, Lauren Harper, Erik Hessen

“…This study analyzed aspects of the work of clinical neuropsychologists across Europe. There are no published comparisons between European countries regarding the nature of clinical neuropsychologists’ work. …”
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Patient with acquired speech disorder in clinical neuropsychology practice, a case study by Zuzana Hummelová

“…The vast majority of Neuropsychologists will encounter speech disorders during their clinical practice. …”
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The subjective well-being of a person as a prism of personal and socio-psychological characteristics by Perelygina E.B., Rikel A.M., Dontsov A.I.

“…However, this concept isn’t mentioned in the majority of his publications, and thus is not well known by neuropsychologists. There is no clear understanding of this concept within the works of modern neuropsychologists. …”
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The Impact of Transcranial Brain Stimulation Combined with Cognitive Training on Attention and Working Memory by Mohammad Taghi Kheirkhah, Masoud Shekarro, Zahra Mirchi, Shahriar Gharibzadeh

“…To enhance or rehabilitate core cognitive processes, neuropsychologists and clinicians usually use either one of these or a combination of both.  …”
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The blindsight saga. by Cowey, A

“…It has attracted widespread interest and debate amongst philosophers, cognitive neuropsychologists and visual neuroscientists. Its downside is that possible artefacts abound, much more so than with examples of implicit memory or deaf hearing and numb touch. …”

Babies under 1 year with atypical development: Perspectives for preventive individuation and treatment by Rosaria Ferrara, Leonardo Iovino, Magda Di Renzo, Pasquale Ricci

“…It is, therefore, essential to provide for specific professionalized procedures for psychologists, pediatricians and neuropsychologists to be introduced through personnel highly specialized in interventions during the first year of life.…”
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The ExeSystem Computer Program in the Rehabilitation of Adult Neurological Patients with Executive Dysfunctions by Szczepan Iwański, Joanna Seniów

“…The authors also present preliminary data on the usefulness of the ExeSystem in rehabilitation based on the opinions of neuropsychologists implementing the program and patients undergoing therapy.…”
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Maximizing the power of comparing single cases against a control sample: an argument, a program for making comparisons, and a worked example from the Pyramids and Palm Trees Test. by Hulleman, J, Humphreys, G

“…We also make available a computer program that implements the method introduced in this paper and that can be used by neuropsychologists to test for a difference between a single case and a control group. …”

The Benefits of an Interdisciplinary Approach to Mathematics Education on Issues Around Computation in School by Laura Martignon, Charlotte Rechtsteiner

“…As an instance, we briefly recall how cognitive neuropsychologists promoted intense finger gnosis acquisition, i.e., acquiring the ability to mentally represent one’s fingers, at an early age. …”
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A Multimodal Approach for Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Progressive Aphasia (MAINSTREAM): A Study Protocol by Maria Cotelli, Francesca Baglio, Rosa Manenti, Valeria Blasi, Daniela Galimberti, Elena Gobbi, Ilaria Pagnoni, Federica Rossetto, Emanuela Rotondo, Valentina Esposito, Roberto De Icco, Carla Giudice, Cristina Tassorelli, Eleonora Catricalà, Giulia Perini, Cristina Alaimo, Elena Campana, Luisa Benussi, Roberta Ghidoni, Giuliano Binetti, Tiziana Carandini, Stefano Francesco Cappa

“…There are very few specialists (neurologists, psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, and speech therapists) and few hospital- or community-based services dedicated to the diagnosis and continuing care of people with PPA. …”
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COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF RUSSIAN AND BRITISH APPROACHES TO NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSTICS AND NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION by Yu. V. Mukhitova, M. D. Selkin, I. L. Gureeva, N. A. Gomzyakova

“…Further guidelines of cooperation between Russian and foreign neuropsychologists were identified. The attention is focused on determination of rehabilitation potential and inclusion of the patient and his family in rehabilitation process as it allows to solve problems of insufficiency of motivation, a self-assessment and to prevent emotional violations, increasing quality of life of patients.…”
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Goosebumps, shivers, visualization, and embodied resonance in the reading experience: The God of Small Things by Rokotnitz, N

“…This article contributes to studies of the heuristic, metacognitive and social values of literary works by interrogating ways by which literary description can induce experiential involvement in the reading process through mobilizing what neuropsychologists call our “affective consciousness” (Vandekerckhove and Panksepp 2011: 2017): a form of pre-reflective reception that arises from bodily experience. …”

Neuropsychological Assessment in The Forensic Context: A Scoping Review by Letícia Venturi da Silva, Amer Cavalheiro Hamdan

“… The introduction of neuropsychologists in legal practice allowed for the field of forensic neuropsychology to arise. …”
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