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Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Adult Outpatient Psychiatry
Relatively little has been published about the prevalence of autism in adults with psychiatric disorders. In this study, all new patients referred to...
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The Need for a Prevention Program for Child Sexual Abuse in Brazil: A Report of Shortfall Care to Pedophilia and its Critical Consequences
From a case report of a person with pedophilic disorder, this paper focuses on the issue of pedophilia, child sexual abuse, and the need for specific...
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Auditory and visual short-term memory: influence of material type, contour, and musical expertise
Short-term memory has mostly been investigated with verbal or visuospatial stimuli and less so with other categories of stimuli. Moreover, the...
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A Feasibility Study of a One-to-One Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Improving Mood in Stroke Survivors
ObjectivesMindfulness is an evidence-based treatment for depression but has never been rigorously tested with stroke survivors with depression. This...
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General Intelligence
This chapter covers general intelligence, also known as g factor. This refers to a critical cognitive ability that has been well characterized by...
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Aging and distractor resistance in working memory: Does emotional valence matter?
BackgroundEmotional stimuli used as targets of working memory (WM) tasks can moderate age-related differences in WM performance, showing that aging...
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A Systematic Review of the Impact of Derived Relational Responding Technology in Raising Intelligence Scores
The current review summarizes the literature on the impact of derived relational responding (DRR) technology on raising intelligence scores. We...
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Study protocol: a comprehensive multi-method neuroimaging approach to disentangle developmental effects and individual differences in second language learning
BackgroundWhile it is well established that second language (L2) learning success changes with age and across individuals, the underlying neural...
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Electrophysiological correlates of self-related processing in adults with autism
The term “self-bias” refers to the human propensity to prioritize self- over other-related stimuli and is believed to influence various stages of the...
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Non-pharmacological Interventions for Adults with Autism: a Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials
To determine the effects of non-pharmacological randomised controlled trials in adults with autism, a systematic review was conducted across five...
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Malingering and Invalid Test Performance
The assessment of performance and symptom validity is an important part of a standard neuropsychological evaluation. This chapter provides...
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Brief Report: Typical Visual Updating in Autism
Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can struggle with visual updating. In a previous picture morphing study (Burnett and Jellema 2012)...
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Cross-Validation of Multiple Embedded Performance Validity Indices in the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test and Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised in an Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Clinical Sample
This study cross-validated the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) Effort Score (ES), RAVLT Forced Choice (FC), and Brief Visuospatial Memory...
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Age-related differences in frontoparietal activation for target and distractor singletons during visual search
Age-related decline in visual search performance has been associated with different patterns of activation in frontoparietal regions using functional...
