Word Accentuation Test

Ser, Teodoro del; González-Montalvo, Juan Ignacio; Martı́nez-Espinosa, Susana; Delgado-Villapalos, Carlos; Bermejo, F

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“…The patients and controls were recruited to be matched for age, sex and estimated IQ (premorbid IQ in the patients). This latter was measured using the Word Accentuation Test (Test de Acentuación de Palabras, TAP) (Del Ser, Gonzalez-Montalvo, Martinez-Espinosa, Delgado-Villapalos, & Bermejo, 1997;Gomar et al, 2011), which requires reading aloud Spanish words whose accents have been removed (in Spanish, accents are used to indicate deviation from the rules of pronunciation). It is conceptually similar to the English-language National Adult Reading Test (NART) (Nelson & Willison, 1991) and the Wide Ranging Achievement Test (WRAT) (Wilkinson & Robertson, 2017).…”

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Neural correlates of referential/persecutory delusions in schizophrenia: examination using fMRI and a virtual reality underground travel paradigm

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BackgroundThe brain functional correlates of delusions have been relatively little studied. However, a virtual reality paradigm simulating travel on the London Underground has been found to evoke referential ideation in both healthy subjects and patients with schizophrenia, making brain activations in response to such experiences potentially identifiable.MethodNinety patients with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder and 28 healthy controls underwent functional magnetic resonance imaging while they viewed virtual reality versions of full and empty Barcelona Metro carriages.ResultsCompared to the empty condition, viewing the full carriage was associated with activations in the visual cortex, the cuneus and precuneus/posterior cingulate cortex, the inferior parietal cortex, the angular gyrus and parts of the middle and superior temporal cortex including the temporoparietal junction bilaterally. There were no significant differences in activation between groups. Nor were there activations associated with referentiality or presence of delusions generally in the patient group. However, patients with persecutory delusions showed a cluster of reduced activation compared to those without delusions in a region in the right temporal/occipital cortex.ConclusionsPerformance of the metro task is associated with a widespread pattern of activations, which does not distinguish schizophrenic patients and controls, or show an association with referentiality or delusions in general. However, the finding of a cluster of reduced activation close to the right temporoparietal junction in patients with persecutory delusions specifically is of potential interest, as this region is believed to play a role in social cognition.

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Neural correlates of referential/persecutory delusions in schizophrenia: examination using fMRI and a virtual reality underground travel paradigm

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A teleneuropsychological battery for assessing older Panamanian adults: Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility Study (Preprint)

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BACKGROUND Teleneuropsychology (TNP) has evidenced to be a crucial tool in the assessment and treatment of individuals with limited access to in-person health services. Studies in Latin America are scarce and there is a pressing need for studies that test the feasibility of TNP and contribute to the development of tools, models, and validations, and the establishment of normative data for the diverse populations of the region. OBJECTIVE Conduct a pilot study to test feasibility and generate normative data for a Teleneuropsychology protocol in a Panamanian sample. METHODS This is a cross-sectional, descriptive, community-based study derived from the Development and Validation of Teleneuropsychology Normative Data for Older Adults in Florida (FLOAT study). The study’s final sample will include 150 participants (50 years and older). Participants will first undergo an initial screening to determine their eligibility and will be included if they have a basic understanding of and access to technological devices such as telephones, tablets, or computers, are free of cognitive impairment and/or serious health conditions and provide informed consent. Moreover, participants complete two questionnaires: an adapted Spanish version of the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status of Memory (TICS-M) and the National Alzheimer’s Coordinating Center (NACC) Health Questionnaire to determine if they can continue in the study. Participants who are eligible will be assessed with a TNP cognitive battery and answer questionnaires via a REDCap link. RESULTS To date, 67 participants ≥50 years of age (M=62.2, SD=7.6) have been assessed with questionnaires and a complete cognitive test battery. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics show participants on average had 16.7 years (SD = 1.9) of formal education. Participants showed a high degree of functional independence in performing basic and instrumental activities of daily living and had 1.5 symptoms of depression (SD = 1.8). Regarding the teleneuropsychological tests, when divided by sex, participants showed no significant differences in most tests, except for the MINT naming test, where a higher score was observed in males than females (p < .001). A similar pattern was observed in the verbal fluency test, with males performing better than females (p = .032). A satisfaction questionnaire revealed most participants were satisfied (33.8%) or very satisfied (60%) with the teleneuropsychological assessment, and most participants would recommend this study to others. CONCLUSIONS So far, the present study has proven feasible, yet, augmenting the number of participants is necessary to be able to create normative data. This study will be the first in the country and the Central American region to explore and establish teleneuropsychology as a new assessment method, specifically in elderly populations.

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Word Accentuation Test

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Neural correlates of referential/persecutory delusions in schizophrenia: examination using fMRI and a virtual reality underground travel paradigm

Neural correlates of referential/persecutory delusions in schizophrenia: examination using fMRI and a virtual reality underground travel paradigm

A teleneuropsychological battery for assessing older Panamanian adults: Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility Study (Preprint)

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