Neuropsychological Fundamentals of Envy by Anna LISOVENKO, Maryna KRIUKOVA, Larysa ABSALYAMOVA, Inna CHUKHRII, Nataliia KORCHAKOVA, Kseniia ANDROSOVYCH

“…Short-term envious reactions are based on the natural action mechanism of mirror neurons in the brain that come from “imitative desire”, important for survival.  Neuropsychologists have traced the overactivation of mirror neurons responsible for assessment and motivation in those people whose experience of envy is frequent and long-term. …”
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The Boston Naming Test-South African Short Form, Part I: Psychometric properties in a group of healthy English-speaking university students by Kevin G.F. Thomas, Lauren Baerecke, Chen Y. Pan, Helen L. Ferrett

“…This instrument includes 15 items drawn from the original test pool and judged by a panel of practising neuropsychologists and community members to be culturally appropriate for use in South Africa. …”
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A Gamification Framework for Cognitive Assessment and Cognitive Training: Qualitative Study by Khaleghi, Ali, Aghaei, Zahra, Mahdavi, Mohammad Amin

“…In this situation, participants do not put forth their best effort to do these tasks well. As a result, neuropsychologists cannot draw accurate conclusions about the data collected, and intervention effects are reduced. …”
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Sensitivity and Specificity of the Brentano Illusion Test in the Detection of Visual Hemi-Field Deficits in Patients with Unilateral Spatial Neglect by Maria De Luca, Matteo Baroncini, Alessandro Matano, Concetta Di Lorenzo, Luisa Magnotti, Susanna Lucatello, Martina Mulas, Virginia Pollarini, Maria Paola Ciurli, Davide Nardo

“…We conclude that the BRIT is an effective tool for clinical neuropsychologists to screen for possible VHFD in neglect patients during the neuropsychological assessment, allowing the refinement of the clinical picture in the neuropsychological report. …”
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Neuropsychological evaluation in American Sign Language: A case study of a deaf patient with epilepsy by Michelle Miranda, Franchesca Arias, Amir Arain, Blake Newman, John Rolston, Sindhu Richards, Angela Peters, Lawrence H. Pick

“…This case report illustrates the important considerations relevant to neuropsychologists providing culturally and linguistically informed assessments to deaf ASL users with epilepsy. …”
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Epilepsy surgery program in a resource‐limited setting in Vietnam: A multicentered collaborative model by Viet‐Thang Le, Minh‐An Thuy Le, Duc Hue Nguyen, Loc Ngoc Phuong Tang, Tuan Anh Pham, Anh Minh Nguyen, Minh Kien Nguyen, Tan Van Ngo, Thanh Trung Tran, Tuan Van Le, Pierre Jallon, Kheng‐Seang Lim

“…The team typically included neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, and nursing specialists. …”
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Eyes-Open and Eyes-Closed Resting States With Opposite Brain Activity in Sensorimotor and Occipital Regions: Multidimensional Evidences From Machine Learning Perspective by Jie Wei, Jie Wei, Jie Wei, Tong Chen, Tong Chen, Tong Chen, Chuandong Li, Chuandong Li, Guangyuan Liu, Guangyuan Liu, Jiang Qiu, Dongtao Wei

“…It may provide new insight into the neural substrate of the resting state and help computational neuroscientists or neuropsychologists to choose an appropriate resting state condition to investigate various mental disorders from the resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technique.…”
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The Influence of Age, Gender and Education on Neuropsychological Test Scores: Updated Clinical Norms for Five Widely Used Cognitive Assessments by Jannik F. Scheffels, Isabell Ballasch, Nadine Scheichel, Martin Voracek, Elke Kalbe, Josef Kessler

“…With the provided norms, neuropsychologists can make more profound evaluations of cognitive performance. …”
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Implementing the language comprehension test C-BiLLT: a qualitative description study using the COM-B model of behaviour change by J. N. Bootsma, M. Phoenix, J. J. M. Geytenbeek, K. Stadskleiv, J. W. Gorter, S. Fiske, B. J. Cunningham

“…Materials and methods A qualitative approach including semi-structured individual interviews with 15 clinicians (speech-language pathologists, neuropsychologists, and one teacher, counsellor, and vision specialist) was used. …”
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Examining the Clinical Utility of Selected Memory-Based Embedded Performance Validity Tests in Neuropsychological Assessment of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis by John W. Lace, Zachary C. Merz, Rachel Galioto

“…Although embedded PVTs may arguably maximize efficiency and minimize test burden in pwMS, common ones in the CVLT-II and BVMT-R may not be psychometrically appropriate, sufficiently sensitive, nor substitutable for standalone PVTs in this population. Clinical neuropsychologists who evaluate such patients are encouraged to include standalone PVTs in their assessment batteries to ensure that clinical care conclusions drawn from neuropsychological data are valid.…”
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Early Successful Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy for Verbal Memory Impairment in an Adjustment Disorder: A Case Report in a Newly-Diagnosed Multiple Sc... by Eleonora Virgilio, Valentina Solara, Maria Francesca Sarnelli, Domizia Vecchio, Cristoforo Comi

“…After a six-month EMDR intervention performed by two trained neuropsychologists, the patient was retested. There was an improvement in verbal memory tests and depression anxiety scales and the Dissociative Experiences Scale. …”
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Visual and cognitive functioning among older adults with low vision before vision rehabilitation: A pilot study by Gabrielle Aubin, Natalie Phillips, Atul Jaiswal, Aaron Paul Johnson, Sven Joubert, Vanessa Bachir, Eva Kehayia, Walter Wittich, Walter Wittich, Walter Wittich

“…The present study is relevant to clinicians who are assessing the cognitive status of older adults, such as neuropsychologists, because it highlights the importance of considering low vision when administering neuropsychological tests, especially to persons who have not yet received rehabilitation for their visual impairment.…”
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Position Statement on Anti-Dementia Medication for Alzheimer’s Disease by Swiss Stakeholders by Giovanni B Frisoni, Jean-Marie Annoni, Stefanie Becker, Tim Brockmann, Markus Buerge, Jean-François Démonet, Dan Georgescu, Anton Gietl, Ulrich Hemmeter, Stefan Klöppel, Thomas Leyhe, Andreas U Monsch, Franco Rogantini, Delphine Roulet Schwab, Egemen Savaskan, Karl Schaller, Armin von Gunten, Gabriel Gold

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Higher Cortical Dysfunction Presenting as Visual Symptoms in Neurodegenerative Diseases by Yin Liu, Yin Liu, Victoria S. Pelak, Gregory van Stavern, Heather E. Moss, Heather E. Moss

“…Perceived barriers to diagnosing visual dysfunction due to neurodegenerative disease included difficulty making a referral to neuropsychologists or behavioral neurologists (73%), lack of time for in-depth assessment (62%), lack of tools to assess visual dysfunction due to neurodegenerative disease (40%), and lack of knowledge about presenting signs and symptoms (31%).Conclusion: Visual symptoms from neurodegenerative disease in patients with and without prior diagnoses of neurodegenerative disease are evaluated by neuro-ophthalmologists. …”
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Models of Care in Multiple Sclerosis: A Survey of Canadian Health Providers by Ruth Ann Marrie, Ruth Ann Marrie, Sarah J. Donkers, Draga Jichici, Olinka Hrebicek, Luanne Metz, Sarah A. Morrow, Jiwon Oh, Julie Pétrin, Penelope Smyth, Virginia Devonshire

“…More than 50% of clinics reported wait times exceeding 3 months for physiatrists, physiotherapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, neuropsychologists and urologists; in some clinics wait times for these providers exceeded 1 year. …”
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Multi-method study of the implementation of Cognitive Symptom Management and Rehabilitation Training (CogSMART) in real-world settings by Laurie Lindamer, Erin Almklov, James O. E. Pittman, Shuyuan Shi, Jacqueline Maye, Amy Jak, Elizabeth Twamley, Borsika Rabin

“…The adoption of CogSMART/CCT by a variety of providers other than neuropsychologists suggests its use may be broadened to other healthcare providers, if adequately trained, to increase access to an intervention with demonstrated efficacy for cognitive rehabilitation for several neuropsychiatric disorders.…”
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The PAPA Questionnaire: Assessment of Long-Term Engagement in Activities, with Separate Quantification of Their Physical, Cognitive, and Social Components by Loggia G, Pellichero A, Moutoussamy I, Morello R, Pothier K, Chavoix C

“…The intensity level of each item (none, light, moderate, or high) was determined by the compendium of physical activities for the physical component and consensus for the cognitive and social components, then validated by 56 professional experts (6 groups: physiotherapists, neuropsychologists, occupational therapists, geriatricians, etc.).Results: The PAPA questionnaire includes 75 items that give rise to 4 scores (sedentary lifestyle and physical, cognitive, and social activity scores) weighted by the frequency, duration, and intensity level for each component. …”
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Development of a Minimum Reporting Set of Contextual Factors for Rehabilitation Studies: A Delphi Study by Boya Nugraha, Grace Engen, Cecilie Roe, Marit Kirkevold, Helene L Soberg, Nada Andelic, Christoph Gutenbrunner

“…Rehabilitation experts from all world regions including physicians, nurses, neuropsychologists, physiotherapists, and others, were invited to participate. …”
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Focus Group Study of Medical Stakeholders to Inform the Development of Resilient Together for Dementia: Protocol for a Postdiagnosis Live Video Dyadic Resiliency Intervention by Sarah Bannon, Julie Brewer, Talea Cornelius, Jonathan Jackson, Robert A Parker, Kristen Dams-O'Connor, Bradford Dickerson, Christine Ritchie, Ana-Maria Vranceanu

“…MethodsWe will recruit interdisciplinary medical stakeholders (eg, neurologists, social workers, neuropsychologists, care coordinators, and speech language pathologists) from academic medical center clinics in the departments treating persons living with dementia such as neurology, psychiatry, and geriatric medicine via flyers and word-of-mouth referrals from clinic directors and members of relevant organizations (eg, dementia care collaboratives and Alzheimer disease research centers). …”
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Discriminating Fake From True Brain Injury Using Latency of Left Frontal Neural Responses During Old/New Memory Recognition by Jennifer Neal, Stephanie Strothkamp, Esias Bedingar, Esias Bedingar, Patrick Cordero, Benjamin Wagner, Victoria Vagnini, Victoria Vagnini, Yang Jiang

“…Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major public health concern that affects 69 million individuals each year worldwide. Neuropsychologists report that up to 40% of individuals undergoing evaluations for TBI may be malingering neurocognitive deficits for a compensatory reward. …”
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