Eye-hand preference dissociation in obsessive-compulsive disorder and dyslexia Dissociação da preferência ocular e manual em pacientes com transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo e dislexi... by Marilena Occhini Siviero, Eliana Oliveira Rysovas, Yara Juliano, José Alberto Del Porto, Paulo Henrique Ferreira Bertolucci

“…Dyslexia may be a development disturbance in which there are alterations in visual-spatial and visual-motor processing, while obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a psychiatric disease in which there are alterations in memory, executive function, and visual-spatial processing. …”
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Exploring Social Cognition Sub‐Domains and Predictors in Multiple Sclerosis: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Ozlem Totuk, Merve Turkkol, Ebru Hatun Uludaşdemir, Hasan Can Güdek, Guldeniz Cetin Erci, Ipek Gungor Dogan, Damla Cetinkaya Tezer, Sevki Sahin, Serkan Demir

“…Assessments included the Reading the Mind in the Eyes Test (RMET) for emotion recognition, the Trail Making Test (TMT) for executive function, the Tromso Social Intelligence Scale (TSIS) for nonverbal understanding, the Implied Meaning Test (IMT) for implicit understanding, the Social‐Emotional Competence Scale for adaptability, the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale for impulsivity, the Stroop Test for inhibition, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) for depression, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) for cognition, and the Short Form‐12 (SF‐12) for quality of life (QoL). …”
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Cognitive impairment and vulnerability of cholinergic brain network in the Alzheimer’s continuum: free-water imaging based on diffusion tensor imaging by Simin Zhao, Yuting Nie, Lulu Wen, Xinzuo Qin, Liyuan Huang, Changbiao Chu, Miao Qu, Miao Qu

“…The cholinergic brain network is a key hub for cognitive function, and microstructural changes detected by free water imaging in this system may be associated with cognitive impairment in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). …”
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The clinical relevance of healthy neurodevelopmental connectivity in childhood and adolescence: a meta-analysis of resting-state fMRI by Merida Galilea Tapia Medina, Merida Galilea Tapia Medina, Merida Galilea Tapia Medina, Raquel Cosío-Guirado, Raquel Cosío-Guirado, Raquel Cosío-Guirado, Maribel Peró-Cebollero, Maribel Peró-Cebollero, Maribel Peró-Cebollero, Cristina Cañete-Massé, Erwin Rogelio Villuendas-González, Joan Guàrdia-Olmos, Joan Guàrdia-Olmos, Joan Guàrdia-Olmos

“…These areas showed increased connectivity in older compared to younger participants.ConclusionThe left frontal and prefrontal cortices, which are critical for executive function, attention, and intelligence, appear to strengthen their connectivity during childhood and adolescence. …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of InsightApp for Anxiety, Valued Action, and Psychological Resilience: Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Trial by Victoria Amo, Falk Lieder

“…During the 1-week intervention phase, the treatment group engaged with InsightApp, while participants in the control group interacted with a placebo version of the app that delivered executive function training. We assessed the differences between the 2 groups in posttest and follow-up assessments of mental health and well-being while controlling for preexisting differences. …”
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Protocol for the RETHINK study: a randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, non-inferiority clinical trial comparing acetaminophen and NSAIDs for treatment of chronic pain in elder... by Tempei Miyaji, Mototsugu Shimokawa, Hiroyuki Aono, Sadamoto Zenda, Makoto Endo, Yasuharu Nakashima, TOSHIHIKO HARA, Shinya Kawahara, Taishi Sato, Masami Tokunaga, Taro Mawatari, Tsutomu Kawano, Sanae Sakamoto, Toshio Takano, Masumi Miyake

“…The secondary endpoints are BPI item 3 score change from baseline to week 4, health-related QOL measured by Short Form-8 Health Survey, and occurrence of adverse events including gastrointestinal disorders and abnormal liver function. Data will be analysed in accordance with a predefined statistical analysis plan.Ethics and dissemination This study protocol was approved by the Kyushu University Hospital Certified Institutional Review Board for Clinical Trials on 28 January 2021 (KD2020004) and the chief executive of each participating hospital. …”
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Intranasal insulin for the treatment of alcohol use disorder: design and methodology of an alcohol interaction randomized controlled trial by Carolina L. Haass-Koffler, Bhavani Kashyap, Brian J. Gully, Sithara S. Nambiar, Rivkah Hornbacher, Stephanie L. Foster, Yuval Silberman, Robert M. Swift, Leah R. Hanson, William H. Frey, II

“…The overarching hypothesis of this trial is that by increasing brain cell energy and glucose metabolism, while reducing stress hormones, IN insulin may be an ideal approach for treating multiple domains of AUD including memory, executive function and impulsivity. Preclinical and clinical studies of IN insulin demonstrate that it is a safe and effective method for delivering insulin to the central nervous system, circumventing the blood brain barrier, and reducing adverse events associated with insulin use (hypoglycemia). …”
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Prevalence and Correlates of Neurocognitive Disorders among HIV Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy at a Kenyan Hospital by A. G. Mugendi, M. N. Kubo, D. G. Nyamu, L. M. Mwaniki, S. K. Wahome, J. E. Haberer

“…HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) represent a spectrum of cognitive abnormalities affecting attention, concentration, learning, memory, executive function, psychomotor speed, and/or dexterity. …”
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The transfusion of prematures early school age follow-up (TOP 5): protocol for a longitudinal cohort study by Amy L. Conrad, Sara B. DeMauro, Haresh Kirpalani, Kristina Ziolkowski, Susan R. Hintz, Betty R. Vohr, Victoria Watson, Tarah T. Colaizy, Edward F. Bell, Jane E. Brumbaugh, Carla M. Bann, Sylvia M. Tan, Jamie E. Newman, Abhik Das

“…This will substantially improve understanding of the longer-term neurological and functional outcomes of different transfusion thresholds; provide more refined evaluation of cognition, executive function, school readiness, motor skills, adaptive functioning, and behavior in former extremely preterm infants; and inform future clinical decision-making for treating anemia of prematurity. …”
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Psychometric Properties of a Neuropsychological Assessment Scale for Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease in the Illiterate and Low-Educated Subjects in Iran by Ameneh Ahmadi, Maryam Noroozian, Mohsen Kachooei, Zahra Hooshyari, Aram Golsokhan

“…Conclusion: The diagnostic scale for Alzheimer's disease demonstrates adequate fit and construct validity for assessing cognitive impairments in low-educated and illiterate patients across the 12 domains of orientation, judgment, abstract thinking, similarity, verbal fluency, repetition, working memory, visual-spatial skills, calculation, executive function, prosopagnosia, and naming. This culturally and linguistically adaptable assessment addresses gaps in diagnostic tools for low-literacy populations, enabling accurate evaluations of dementia and facilitating early diagnosis and treatment. …”
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Predictive value and weight of factors associated with cognitive performance in Hispanics/Latinos enrolled in the Health and Aging Brain Study: Health Disparities by Raul Vintimilla, Darian Johnson, Douglas Taylor, James Hall, Fan Zhang, Sid O'Bryant, for the HABS‐HD Study Team

“…Random forest, an assembly learning method based on decision trees, was used to cross‐sectionally forecast the predictive value of 42 risk factors (4 demographic variables, 4 socioeconomic variables, 6 psychosocial variables, 17 health variables, and 11 plasma and magnetic resonance imaging biomarkers) together, and the weighting of each factor for different cognitive domains (global cognition, memory, language, executive function, attention, and processing speed). …”
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Effects of high-intensity interval training on different health outcomes among high school students in southern Brazil: Protocol for a cluster-randomized trial by Vithória Oleiro, Eduardo Guaze Alexandrino, Yuri da Gama Rodrigues, Bruno Pedrini de Almeida, Matheus Pintanel Silva de Freitas, Pâmela Moraes Volz, Yasmin Marques Castro, Camila Zabisky, Leandro Quadro Corrêa, Rodrigo Rodrigues, Michael Pereira da Silva, Eduardo Caldas Costa, Fabrício Boscolo Del Vecchio, Samuel de Carvalho Dumith

“…The primary outcomes are mental health symptoms, measured by the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale for adolescents, cognitive profile, inhibitory control, and executive function, measured by the General Cognitive Assessment Battery – Cognifit, Stroop Color Test and Trail Making Test, respectively. …”
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Correlation between Stressful Life Events and Suicidal Ideation among Patients with Schizophrenia in Remission Stage: A Cross-sectional Study by Ashok Silamban, Kailash Sureshkumar, Aravindh Manogaran, Shabeeba Z Kailash

“…Introduction: Patients with schizophrenia often exhibit impaired executive brain function, which disrupts their daily activities. …”
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Pharmacologic treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. by Jesse Elliott, Amy Johnston, Don Husereau, Shannon E Kelly, Caroline Eagles, Alice Charach, Shu-Ching Hsieh, Zemin Bai, Alomgir Hossain, Becky Skidmore, Eva Tsakonas, Dagmara Chojecki, Muhammad Mamdani, George A Wells

“…The primary outcome was clinical response; secondary outcomes were quality of life, executive function, driving behaviour, withdrawals due to adverse events, treatment discontinuation, serious adverse events, hospitalization, cardiovascular adverse events, and emergency department visits. …”
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Autobiographical memory in Alzheimer’s disease: a systematic review by Chiara Stramba-Badiale, Fabio Frisone, Fabio Frisone, Fabio Frisone, Fabio Frisone, Diana Biondi, Giuseppe Riva, Giuseppe Riva

“…The research revealed significant correlations between autobiographical memory performance and executive function measures. Despite memory impairment, evidence suggested preserved components of self-reference.DiscussionThe findings suggest that autobiographical memory impairment in AD affects multiple cognitive domains and impacts patients’ sense of self and quality of life. …”
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Transformer-based structural connectivity networks for ADHD-related connectivity alterations by Liting Shi, Lei Shi, Zhijun Cui, Chengting Lin, Rui Zhang, Jiayi Zhang, Yechen Zhu, Wei Shi, Jianlin Wang, Yanlong Wang, Dongxing Wang, Haihong Liu, Xin Gao

“…The structural networks also reveal significant differences in connectivity patterns (paired t-test: P = 0.81 × 10−6), particularly involving regions responsible for motor and executive function. Notably, the importance rankings of several brain regions, including the thalamus and caudate, differ markedly between groups. …”
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Prodromal Parkinsonian Features in Carriers of Gaucher Disease Compared to Controls by Michal Becker-Cohen, Ari Zimran, Tama Dinur, Maayan Tiomkin, Arndt Rolfs, David Arkadir, Peter Bauer, Elena Shulman, Gilad Yahalom, Mikhal E. Cohen, Orly Manor, Ora Paltiel, Shoshana Revel-Vilk

“…Principal component analysis identified distinct cognitive, motor, and non-motor dysfunction patterns in GBA1 carriers compared to controls, with cognition in GBA1 carriers more closely linked to motor dysfunction and less influenced by mood and sleep, while in controls, executive function was tied to emotional state and fatigue. …”
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Resilience-based design of a tall building. Case-study. by Thaung Htut Aung, Mir Shabir Ali Talpur

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Occupational Therapy in Intensive Care by Hülya Yücel

“…Each year, millions of people discharged from intensive care units face newly acquired cognitive impairment and/or functional disability. Occupational therapy includes studies on daily living activities such as feeding, dressing, early mobilization, ambulation, and cognitive processes such as memory, attention, problem solving, and advanced executive functions such as performing multistep tasks. …”
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Cognitive and neuropsychiatric outcomes in economically active young patients with epilepsy: a case-control study from a secondary medical center in Mexico by Rodolfo Manuel Román-Guzmán, Raúl Medina-Rioja, Ildefonso Rodríguez-Leyva, Cristina Monzón-Tapia, Luis Mario Méndez-Casillas, José Luis Rodríguez-Castro, Luis Daniel Marquez-Farias, David Martínez-González, Hector G. Hernández-Rodríguez, Denisse Grace Martínez-Roque, Mario Ohtlitonali Hernández-Bautista, Sahian Flores-Guerrero, Marisol Gallegos-Guerrero, Christian Andre Martín-Solís, Ilse Sofía Dávalos-Higareda

“…Aim: Epilepsy is associated with cognitive and neuropsychiatric impairments, affecting attention, memory, executive functions, and emotional well-being. While these impairments are well-documented in general epilepsy populations, limited research focuses on economically active young adults who face unique cognitive demands in competitive academic and professional environments. …”
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