Machine learning reveals sex differences in distinguishing between conduct-disordered and neurotypical youth based on emotion processing dysfunction by Gregor Kohls, Erik M. Elster, Peter Tino, Graeme Fairchild, Christina Stadler, Arne Popma, Christine M. Freitag, Stephane A. De Brito, Kerstin Konrad, Ruth Pauli

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Investigating the impact of microbiome-changing interventions on food decision-making: MIFOOD study protocol by Meghedi Vartanian, Konrad Jakob Endres, Yee Teng Lee, Silke Friedrich, Marie-Theres Meemken, Imke Schamarek, Kerstin Rohde-Zimmermann, Robin Schürfeld, Lina Eisenberg, Anja Hilbert, Frauke Beyer, Michael Stumvoll, Julia Sacher, Arno Villringer, Julia F. Christensen, A. Veronica Witte

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Continuous theta-burst stimulation demonstrates language-network-specific causal effects on syntactic processing by Chenyang Gao, Junjie Wu, Yao Cheng, Yuming Ke, Xingfang Qu, Mingchuan Yang, Gesa Hartwigsen, Luyao Chen

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Assessment of Health-Related Quality of Life after TBI: Comparison of a Disease-Specific (QOLIBRI) with a Generic (SF-36) Instrument by Nicole von Steinbuechel, Amra Covic, Suzanne Polinder, Thomas Kohlmann, Ugne Cepulyte, Herbert Poinstingl, Joy Backhaus, Wilbert Bakx, Monika Bullinger, Anne-Lise Christensen, Rita Formisano, Henning Gibbons, Stefan Höfer, Sanna Koskinen, Andrew Maas, Edmund Neugebauer, Jane Powell, Jaana Sarajuuri, Nadine Sasse, Silke Schmidt, Holger Mühlan, Klaus von Wild, George Zitnay, Jean-Luc Truelle

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Is intense exercise bad for your mind? Subjective, behavioral and physiological responses to a cognitive effort to failure by Darías Holgado, Ludovic Leubaz, Paolo Ruggeri, Guillermo Borragan, Antonio Luque-Casado, Tristan Bekinschtein, Daniel Sanabria, Nicolas Place

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An Empirical Study of the Features of Coordination Functions in Hearing-Impaired Children of Primary School Age by L.N. Molchanova, A.V. Buzovkina

“…The parameters of coordination functions were assessed using neuropsychological tests. A comparative analysis of the development of coordination functions in children from the experimental and control groups revealed a decrease in their dynamic characteristics such as pace and accuracy, which confirms the insufficiency of all these levels of movement organization in children of primary school age with sensorineural hearing loss, compared to children without hearing impairments.…”
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Validation of a New Cognitive Screening Method for Stroke Patients by Katri Saar, Hannu Nyrkkö, Asko Tolvanen, Pekka Kuikka, Erja Poutiainen, Tuija Aro

“…We analyzed new cognitive screening method concurrent validity by comparing it in two groups formed on the basis of a comprehensive neuropsychological examination for 77 stroke patients. …”
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Dysexecutive Syndrome in Schizophrenia: A Cross-Cultural Comparison between Japanese and British Patients by H. Ihara, G. E. Berrios, P. J. McKenna

“…This study tested the hypothesis that the dysexecutive syndrome of schizophrenia is impervious to cultural differences. 18 Japanese and 22 British patients and 14 Japanese and 19 British control subjects were compared on the BADS (Behavioural Assessment of Dysexecutive Syndrome), a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment battery, designed for ‘ecological validity’, and other measures of frontal executive functions (EFs). …”
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Effectiveness of Distant/Remote Blessing Treatment on Cognitive-motor Function: A Randomized Double-blind Placebo-controlled Trial by Alice Branton, Mahendra Kumar Trivedi, Dahryn Trivedi, Sambhu Mondal, Snehasis Jana

“… # Objective The aim of this study was to examine the effect of distant/remote blessing (biofield energy) therapy on the cognitive and motor functions in adults with self-reported neuropsychological impairments using NIH Toolbox^®^. # Methods The present study was a randomized, double-blind clinical trial involving 117 participants with self-reported neuropsychological impairments. …”
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The Association between Negative and Dysexecutive Syndromes in Schizophrenia: A Cross-Cultural Study by H. Ihara, G. E. Berrios, P. J. McKenna

“…The study also examined whether any relationship that exists between the NS and the DES holds equally for British and Japanese subjects. We compared 26 Japanese with 17 British schizophrenic patients, divided into ‘mild’ and ‘severe’ NS groups, on the basis of performance on neuropsychological tests, including the ‘Behavioural Assessment of Dysexecutive Syndrome’ (BADS). …”
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Resting Energy Expenditure in Anorexia Nervosa: Measured versus Estimated by Marwan El Ghoch, Marta Alberti, Carlo Capelli, Simona Calugi, Riccardo Dalle Grave

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Event-Related Potentials in Parkinson’s Disease Patients with Visual Hallucination by Yang-Pei Chang, Yuan-Han Yang, Chiou-Lian Lai, Li-Min Liou

“…Using neuropsychological investigation and visual event-related potentials (ERPs), we aimed to compare the ERPs and cognitive function of nondemented Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with and without visual hallucinations (VHs) and of control subjects. …”
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Brain Hemodynamic Intermediate Phenotype Links Vitamin B12 to Cognitive Profile of Healthy and Mild Cognitive Impaired Subjects by Luca Cecchetti, Giada Lettieri, Giacomo Handjaras, Andrea Leo, Emiliano Ricciardi, Pietro Pietrini, Silvia Pellegrini, The Train the Brain Consortium

“…We then evaluated whether task-related brain responses represent an intermediate phenotype, providing a better prediction of subjects’ neuropsychological scores, as compared to the one obtained considering blood biochemistry only. …”
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A Randomised Controlled Trial of Efficacy of Cognitive Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis: A Cognitive, Behavioural, and MRI Study by J. Campbell, D. Langdon, M. Cercignani, W. Rashid

“…To explore the efficacy of home-based, computerised, cognitive rehabilitation in patients with multiple sclerosis using neuropsychological assessment and advanced structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). …”
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The Relationship between Side of Onset and Cerebral Regional Homogeneity in Parkinson’s Disease: A Resting-State fMRI Study by Kai Li, Hong Zhao, Chun-Mei Li, Xin-Xin Ma, Min Chen, Shu-Hua Li, Rui Wang, Bao-Hui Lou, Hai-Bo Chen, Wen Su

“…RPD patients had increased ReHo in the right temporal pole and decreased ReHo in the primary motor cortex and premotor area, compared with the controls. Directly comparing LPD and RPD patients did not show a significant difference in ReHo. …”
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Movements Execution in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease by Rosolino Camarda, Cecilia Camarda, Roberto Monastero, Silvia Grimaldi, Lawrence K. C. Camarda, Carmela Pipia, Carlo Caltagirone, Massimo Gangitano

“…Kinematics of goal-directed movement of aMCI and AD subjects were compared to those of age-matched control subjects. …”
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Optic Neuritis: From Magnocellular to Cognitive Residual Dysfunction by Anne-Claire Viret, Céline Cavézian, Olivier Coubard, Vivien Vasseur, Noa Raz, Netta Levin, Catherine Vignal, Olivier Gout, Sylvie Chokron

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The Nature of Hyperactivity in Children and Adolescents With Hydrocephalus: A Test of the Dual Pathway Model by Jim Stevenson, Ineke Pit-ten Cate

“…To determine the strength and nature of the association between hydrocephalus and hyperactivity and to test the dual pathway model (DPM) of AD/HD, we compared a group of 51 children and adolescents with hydrocephalus with 57 normally developing controls from the general population on a battery of neuropsychological assessments. …”
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Cognitive Function in Parkinson’s Disease Patients with and without Anxiety by K. A. Ehgoetz Martens, J. Y. Y. Szeto, A. J. Muller, J. M. Hall, M. Gilat, C. C. Walton, S. J. G. Lewis

“…This study compared cognitive performance across 50 PD participants with and without anxiety (17 PDA+; 33 PDA−), who underwent neurological and neuropsychological assessment. …”
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A Case of Posterior Cortical Atrophy Presenting with Mood and Psychotic Symptoms by Tremearne Hotz, Manu Sharma, Bharat Narapareddy

“…The diagnosis was eventually reached utilizing a thorough clinical exam, neuropsychological testing, MRI, positron emission tomography (PET), and dopamine transporter (DAT) scans. …”
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