Abstract: Searching for and accessing online information through search engines causes digital media users to become overconfident in their own knowledge – in a sense, to attribute online knowledge to themselves. If searching the internet ...
The Equivalence of Three German Vocabulary Tests and the German Version of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (HAWIE-R)Summary: The validity and equivalence of three German vocabulary tests (HAWIE-R Vocabulary, WST, MWT-B) and of the HAWIE-R ...
Zusammenfassung: Die Erforschung des Zusammenhangs zwischen Sprache und Kognition hat eine über Jahrhunderte andauernde interdisziplinäre Debatte entfacht. Auch die Aphasiologie befaßt sich seit Mitte des letzten Jahrhunderts mit dieser Thematik. Vom ...
Short-Term Rivastigmine Treatment Effects in Alzheimer Patients: Neuropsychological and Electrophysiological ParametersCholinesterase-inhibiting drugs actually are the treatment of choice for dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT). However, there is a lack ...
Dementia in the Very Old is Not a Necessity: Results from the Heidelberg Centenarian StudyIt was the aim of this project to test a modified version of the Mini-Mental State Exam that was developed for the examination of the oldest old. Considering the ...
Summary: Asymptomatic carotid stenosis (ACS) can cause cognitive dysfunction, related to cerebral hypoperfusion and microemboli. These mechanisms could be treated by carotid revascularization, but the impact of carotid angioplasty stenting ...
Cognitive, Language, Mathematical, and Socioemotional Skills as Predictors of Subsequent School Performance: Is a Child’s Performance on the Intelligence Development Scales Predictive of its School Performance three Years later?Abstract: Based on the ...
Impact of Multimodal Exercise on Cognition and Daily Activity in Patients Suffering from Early Alzheimers Dementia (SPORT&KOG)The present review describes a project supported by the Bundesministerium für Gesundheit («Leuchtturmprojekt Demenz» im ...
Cognitive and mnestic functions in patients with sleep related breathing disorders – Follow-up after three months of nCPAP-therapyBesides daytime drowsiness patients with sleep-related breathing disorders (SRBD) without nCPAP-therapy (nasal Continuous ...
Brain Reserve affects cognitive function in old age: Motivational, cognitive, and physical facetsAbstract. Brain reserve is the ability of the brain to tolerate neuropathological changes without clinical manifestation. The aim of this study was to ...
Autosomal-dominante Ataxien sind eine heterogene Gruppe von Erkrankungen, denen ein zerebelläres Syndrom gemeinsam ist. Neben motorischen Einschränkungen zeigen sich auch häufig kognitive Beeinträchtigungen und affektive Störungen. Exekutive Dysfunktion ...
Early detection of dementia in Parkinson’s disease is becoming increasingly important. The goal of this study was to establish prevalence of mild cognitive impairment subtypes in Parkinson’s disease using two different modes of mild cognitive impairment ...
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on (a) neuropsychological test performance and (b) self-reported emotional complaints within individuals suffering from postconcussional disorder (PCD) after a mild ...
Abstract. Initially we assessed self-rated cognitive deficits, depression and quality of life in MS patients and healthy controls (n = 299) by an online survey. Secondly, attention performance of MS outpatients (n = 33) was objectively assessed by the ...
Differences in verbal learning and memory between (partially) remitted patients with major depression and schizophreniaAbstract. This study investigates context dependent differences in verbal learning and memory between patients in (partial) remission ...
The Significance of Cognitive Impairment in Patients with DepressionAbstract. Impairments in the domains of executive functions, attention and memory are among the most common and persistent symptoms of depressive disorders. A definite profile of these ...
Cognitive biases and metacognition in Multiple Sclerosis (MS)Abstract. The psychological and cognitive impairments from multiple sclerosis (MS) have been in the focus of both patients and physicians for several ...
Neuropsychological Gender Aspects in Patients with Morbus ParkinsonAbstract. This review aims to summarize (neuro-)psychological gender effects in Parkinson’s Disease (IPS). Women with IPS experience depressive ...
Abstract. The article discusses the emergence of a functional literacy construct and the rediscovery of illiteracy in industrialized countries during the second half of the 20th century. It offers a short ...